Where does “jänne” come from?

jänne (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic jändek, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.

jänne (Finnish): tendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord

Definitions

  1. tendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord

Ancestry of “jänne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
2Proto-Uralicjäntestring

Words derived from “jänne”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jänte →Every word from Proto-Finnic jändek →