Where does “kiintojää” come from?
kiintojää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinto-, from Finnish kiintää, from Finnish kiintyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.
kiintojää (Finnish): fast ice
Ancestry of “kiintojää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kiinto- | solid, firm, fixed |
| 2 | Finnish | kiintää | to fasten, to keep attached or touching to... |
| 3 | Finnish | kiintyä | To become fond, attached |
| 4 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | — |