Where does “jääpurikas” come from?

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

jääpurikas (Estonian): icicle

Definitions

  1. icicle

Ancestry of “jääpurikas”, step by step

jääpurikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian jää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjääice
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Estonian purikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpurikasicicle
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋeEvery word from Proto-Finnic jääEvery word from Estonian jää