Where does “jääsukellus” come from?
jääsukellus (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jääsukellus (Finnish): ice diving
Ancestry of “jääsukellus”, step by step
jääsukellus 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 sukellus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sukellus | dive, diving |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |