Where does “jäädytys” come from?
jäädytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäädyttää, from Finnish jäätyä, from Proto-Finnic jäätüdäk, from Proto-Finnic -udak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
jäädytys (Finnish): The process of forming a thin layer of ice on a...
Definitions
- The process of forming a thin layer of ice on a...
Ancestry of “jäädytys”, step by step
jäädytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäädyttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäädyttää | to freeze |
| 2 | Finnish | jäätyä | to freeze; to ice over; to freeze, hang |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jäätüdäk | to freeze, to become frozen |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -udak | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |