Where does “jäykkä” come from?

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

jäykkä (Finnish): stiff, rigid

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid

Ancestry of “jäykkä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jäykkä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →