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Where does “jäykentää” come from?

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

jäykentää (Finnish): to stiffen; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. to stiffen; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “jäykentää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäykkästiff, rigid
2Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
3Proto-Finnicjääice
4Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
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