Where does “jääkallo” come from?

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

jääkallo (Finnish): hard ice still remaining on the ground when snow is melting

Definitions

  1. hard ice still remaining on the ground when snow is melting

Ancestry of “jääkallo”, step by step

jääkallo 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 kallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalloskull, cranium
2Proto-Germanic*skallôskull, cranium
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →