Where does “jäätyä” come from?

jäätyä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic jäätüdäk, from Proto-Finnic -udak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

jäätyä (Finnish): to freeze; to ice over; to freeze, hang

Definitions

  1. to freeze; to ice over; to freeze, hang

Ancestry of “jäätyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjäätüdäkto freeze, to become frozen
2Proto-Finnic-udakForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “jäätyä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -udak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jäätüdäk →