Where does “jänkä” come from?

jänkä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Samic jeaŋkē, from Proto-Uralic jäŋkä — bog.

jänkä (Finnish): type of swamp; free of, or sparsely covered by...

Definitions

  1. type of swamp; free of, or sparsely covered by...

Ancestry of “jänkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicjeaŋkēmarsh, swamp
2Proto-Uralicjäŋkäbog

Words derived from “jänkä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋkä →Every word from Proto-Samic jeaŋkē →