Where does “ahke” come from?
ahke (Pite Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ëkē, from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.
Ancestry of “ahke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samic | ëkē | age |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ikä | age; lifetime |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ikä | age, year |