Where does “jää” come from?

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

jää (Votic): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “jää”, step by step

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