Where does “jääkiekkoilu” come from?
jääkiekkoilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish jääkiekkoilla, from Finnish jääkiekko, from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääkiekkoilu (Finnish): ice hockey, playing ice hockey as an activity
Definitions
- ice hockey, playing ice hockey as an activity
Ancestry of “jääkiekkoilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | jääkiekkoilla | to play ice hockey |
| 2 | Finnish | jääkiekko | Ice hockey; The puck with which ice hockey is... |
| 3 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |