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Where does “jänkä” come from?

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

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-Uralicjäŋkä—

Words derived from “jänkä”

  • jänkäkoira
  • jänkäsirriäinen
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