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Where does “jääkaru” come from?

jääkaru (Estonian) comes from Estonian jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jääkaru (Estonian): polar bear

Definitions

  1. polar bear

Ancestry of “jääkaru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjääice
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
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