Where does “jäykkyys” come from?

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

jäykkyys (Finnish): stiffness

Definitions

  1. stiffness

Ancestry of “jäykkyys”, step by step

jäykkyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäykkä

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “jäykkyys”

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