Where does “jiägŋa” come from?

jiägŋa (Ume Sami) comes from Proto-Samic jieŋë, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jiägŋa (Ume Sami): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “jiägŋa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicjieŋëice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Samic jieŋë →