Where does “jäik” come from?

jäik (Estonian) comes from Finnish jäykkä, from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jäik (Estonian): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “jäik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäykkästiff, rigid
2Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
3Proto-Finnicjääice
4Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →