Where does “jääsauva” come from?

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

jääsauva (Finnish): ice prod tool used to check the thickness of an ice sheet

Definitions

  1. ice prod tool used to check the thickness of an ice sheet

Ancestry of “jääsauva”, step by step

jääsauva 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 sauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauvawand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell
2Proto-Finnicsauvastaff, stick
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśawŋa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →