Where does “ikä” come from?
ikä (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.
ikä (Ingrian): age
Ancestry of “ikä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | ikä | age; lifetime |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ikä | age, year |