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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jänkäkoira Finnish
- jänkäkurppa Finnish
- jänkäsirriäinen Finnish
- koira Finnish
- kurppa Finnish
- sirri Finnish
- *jeaŋkē Proto-Samic
- jeaggi Northern Sami
- jiegge Lule Sami
- jägge Pite Sami
- jeggi Inari Sami