Where does “jääsilta” come from?
jääsilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
jääsilta (Finnish): ice bridge
Ancestry of “jääsilta”, step by step
jääsilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siltä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siltä | Ablative singular form of se |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
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 |