Where does “jäähile” come from?

jäähile (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jäähile (Finnish): crushed ice; shaved ice

Definitions

  1. crushed ice; shaved ice

Ancestry of “jäähile”, step by step

jäähile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Finnish hile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilesmall ice crystal, often found floating in air
2Finnishhilistä—

Words derived from “jäähile”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →