Where does “jäärae” come from?

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

jäärae (Finnish): hail ball or piece of ice that falls from the sky

Definitions

  1. hail ball or piece of ice that falls from the sky

Ancestry of “jäärae”, step by step

jäärae 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 rae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraehailstone, hail; grain
2Proto-Finnicragehhail
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →
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