Where does “jääkiipeily” come from?
jääkiipeily (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääkiipeily (Finnish): ice climbing
Ancestry of “jääkiipeily”, step by step
jääkiipeily 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 kiipeily
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiipeily | climbing |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |