Where does “järvenjää” come from?

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

järvenjää (Finnish): lake ice

Definitions

  1. lake ice

Ancestry of “järvenjää”, step by step

järvenjää 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 järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →