Where does “ööitku” come from?

ööitku (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian öö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

ööitku (Ingrian): child that cries in the night

Definitions

  1. child that cries in the night

Ancestry of “ööitku”, step by step

ööitku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian öö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianöönight
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Ingrian itku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianitkucry, crying
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Ingrian öö →