Where does “jä” come from?

jä (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jä (Veps): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “jä”, step by step

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