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Where does “jäätis” come from?

jäätis (Estonian) comes from Estonian jäätuma, from Estonian -tuma, from Proto-Finnic -tudak, from Proto-Finnic -udak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

jäätis (Estonian): ice cream

Definitions

  1. ice cream

Ancestry of “jäätis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjäätumato freeze, to become frozen
2Estonian-tuma-en, -fy
3Proto-Finnic-tudakCreates verbs with inchoative, passive or middle...
4Proto-Finnic-udak—
5Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “jäätis”

  • jäätisemasin
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