Where does “kelkkajääkiekko” come from?

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

kelkkajääkiekko (Finnish): sledge hockey, sled hockey

Definitions

  1. sledge hockey, sled hockey

Ancestry of “kelkkajääkiekko”, step by step

kelkkajääkiekko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jääkiekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjääkiekkoIce hockey; The puck with which ice hockey is...
2Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
3Proto-Finnicjääice
4Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Finnish kelkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelkkasmall sled or sledge equipped with runners;...
2Proto-Norsekelkā—
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →