Where does “jäävyöry” come from?

jäävyöry (Finnish) comes from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jäävyöry (Finnish): ice avalanche

Definitions

  1. ice avalanche

Ancestry of “jäävyöry”, step by step

jäävyöry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Finnish vyöry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvyörylandslide; avalanche; Indicative present...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋeEvery word from Proto-Finnic jääEvery word from Finnish jää