Where does “jääkeli” come from?

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

jääkeli (Finnish): icy weather, icy conditions

Definitions

  1. icy weather, icy conditions

Ancestry of “jääkeli”, step by step

jääkeli 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 keli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeliweather conditions relating specifically to...
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →