avigʒinê

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Akkala Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Somehow connected to Old Norse igða (“small bird”), either from Proto-Germanic *ewwadjǭ or from a common North Germanic/Scandinavian substrate. Compare Old Norse æðr (“elderduck”) and Proto-Samic *(h)āvtë.

Noun[edit]

avigʒinê

  1. A chickadee.

Further reading[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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