Where does “lakijäätikkö” come from?
lakijäätikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish laki, from Old Swedish lagh, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
lakijäätikkö (Finnish): ice cap of a mountain or mountainous region
Definitions
- ice cap of a mountain or mountainous region
Ancestry of “lakijäätikkö”, step by step
lakijäätikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laki | A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lagh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 4 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Finnish jäätikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäätikkö | glacier |
| 2 | Finnish | jäätää | To be freezing; To freeze up, stiffen |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |