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Where does “tekojää” come from?

tekojää (Finnish) comes from Finnish teko-, from Finnish teko, from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tekojää (Finnish): artificial ice

Definitions

  1. artificial ice

Ancestry of “tekojää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteko-artificial, manmade, false, mock, simulated
2Finnishtekoact, deed; achievement; refers to a deed,...
3Proto-Finnictekoact, deed
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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