Where does “jääpalakone” come from?
jääpalakone (Finnish) comes from Finnish jääpala, from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääpalakone (Finnish): icemaker, ice machine
Ancestry of “jääpalakone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | jääpala | ice cube |
| 2 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |