Where does “lauttajää” come from?

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

lauttajää (Finnish): ice shelf

Definitions

  1. ice shelf

Ancestry of “lauttajää”, step by step

lauttajää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jää

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

via Finnish lautta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauttaraft; ferry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lautta—
3Proto-Germaniclautō—
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Finnish jää →
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