Where does “jäätikkö” come from?

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

jäätikkö (Finnish): glacier

Definitions

  1. glacier

Ancestry of “jäätikkö”, 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-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “jäätikkö”

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