Where does “ahke” come from?

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

ahke (Lule Sami): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “ahke”, 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 →