Where does “jäähypenkki” come from?

jäähypenkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäähy, from Finnish jäähdytellä, from Finnish jäähdyttää, from Finnish jäähtyä, from Proto-Finnic jähtüdäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jäkše-.

jäähypenkki (Finnish): penalty bench bench on which the player sits during their penalty

Definitions

  1. penalty bench bench on which the player sits during their penalty

Ancestry of “jäähypenkki”, step by step

jäähypenkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäähy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäähya cooling period between sessions in a hot sauna
2Finnishjäähdytelläto cool, cool down
3Finnishjäähdyttääto cool
4FinnishjäähtyäTo cool
5Proto-Finnicjähtüdäkto cool, to cool down
6Proto-Finno-Ugricjäkše-—

via Finnish penkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenkkibench; plant bed
2Old Swedishbænkerbench
3Old Norsebenkr—
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jäkše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jähtüdäk →Every word from Finnish jäähtyä →