Where does “jääpussi” come from?

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

jääpussi (Finnish): ice bag, ice pack

Definitions

  1. ice bag, ice pack

Ancestry of “jääpussi”, step by step

jääpussi 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 pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →