Where does “jääruuvi” come from?

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

jääruuvi (Finnish): ice screw

Definitions

  1. ice screw

Ancestry of “jääruuvi”, step by step

jääruuvi 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 ruuvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuviscrew
2Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋeEvery word from Proto-Finnic jääEvery word from Finnish jää