Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jää

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *jäŋe.[1]

Noun

*jää[2]

  1. ice

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: jää
  • Finnish: jää
  • Ingrian: jää
  • Karelian: jeä, jiä
  • Livonian: jei
  • Ludian: diä
  • Veps:
  • Võro: ijä, (probably?)
  • Votic: jää

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “jää”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*jää”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)