Where does “jäälautta” come from?

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

jäälautta (Finnish): floe, ice raft

Definitions

  1. floe, ice raft

Ancestry of “jäälautta”, step by step

jäälautta 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 lautta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauttaraft; ferry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lautta—
3Proto-Germaniclautō—
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →