Where does “jäykkäkarvainen” come from?
jäykkäkarvainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäykkä, from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
jäykkäkarvainen (Finnish): hispid, with stiff hairs
Ancestry of “jäykkäkarvainen”, step by step
jäykkäkarvainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäykkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäykkä | stiff, rigid |
| 2 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |
via Finnish karvainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karvainen | hairy, furry, hirsute |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
Words derived from “jäykkäkarvainen”