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Where does “jäätävä” come from?

jäätävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäätää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

jäätävä (Finnish): gelid, glacial, icy, frosty; present active...

Definitions

  1. gelid, glacial, icy, frosty; present active...

Ancestry of “jäätävä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjäätääTo be freezing; To freeze up, stiffen
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictaka—
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “jäätävä”

  • jäätävästi
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