Where does “jääpala” come from?
jääpala (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääpala (Finnish): ice cube
Ancestry of “jääpala”, step by step
jääpala 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 pala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pala | piece, bit; lump, chunk; block |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pala | bit |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pala | bit |
Words derived from “jääpala”