Where does “jääputous” come from?
jääputous (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääputous (Finnish): icefall
Ancestry of “jääputous”, step by step
jääputous 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 putous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | putous | fall, drop; slope; waterfall |
| 2 | Finnish | pudota | to fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pudot'ak | to fall off |