Where does “jiä” come from?

jiä (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jiä (Karelian): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “jiä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjääice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →