Where does “ëkē” come from?

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

ëkē (Proto-Samic): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “ëkē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
2Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

Words derived from “ëkē

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikäEvery word from Proto-Finnic ikä