Where does “jääaeg” come from?
jääaeg (Estonian) comes from Estonian jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääaeg (Estonian): ice age
Ancestry of “jääaeg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | jää | ice |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |