Where does “iä” come from?

iä (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

iä (Võro): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “iä”, step by step

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