Where does “jäämurska” come from?

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

jäämurska (Finnish): crushed ice

Definitions

  1. crushed ice

Ancestry of “jäämurska”, step by step

jäämurska 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 murska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurskacrushed material
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →