Where does “jäähyväiset” come from?
jäähyväiset (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jäähyväiset (Finnish): goodbye, farewell; valediction
Definitions
- goodbye, farewell; valediction
Ancestry of “jäähyväiset”, step by step
jäähyväiset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |
via Finnish hyvästi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyvästi | farewell, goodbye; farewell; well |
| 2 | Finnish | -sti | Forms adverbs describing how many times something... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -stik | Forms adverbs of manner from adjectives |
Words derived from “jäähyväiset”