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Where does “jei” come from?

jei (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jei (Livonian): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “jei”, step by step

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