Where does “routainen” come from?

routainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish routa, from Proto-Finnic routa — frost in the ground.

routainen (Finnish): frozen

Definitions

  1. frozen

Ancestry of “routainen”, step by step

routainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish routa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroutaground frost
2Proto-Finnicroutafrost in the ground

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic routa →Every word from Finnish routa →