Where does “ičäve” come from?

ičäve (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic ikäbä, from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

ičäve (Votic): tiresome, bothersome, boring, dull, unpleasant

Definitions

  1. tiresome, bothersome, boring, dull, unpleasant

Ancestry of “ičäve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicikäbädull, boring, tedious
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikäbä →