jänkä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (regional) type of swamp; free of, or sparsely covered by trees, especially in northern Finland
  • (dialectal) wedge
  • (archaic) A large, longish chunk of any material such as stone, ice or even cloud.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Samic *jeaŋkē.

Origin

Proto-Samic

*jeaŋkē

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