Where does “jääkuikka” come from?

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

jääkuikka (Finnish): yellow-billed loon, white-billed diver, "Gavia...

Definitions

  1. yellow-billed loon, white-billed diver, "Gavia...

Ancestry of “jääkuikka”, step by step

jääkuikka 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 kuikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuikkaloon, diver; black-throated diver

Words derived from “jääkuikka”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →