Where does “ahe” come from?

ahe (Inari Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ëkē, from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

ahe (Inari Sami): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “ahe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicëkēage
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Proto-Samic ëkē →