Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sëvsëm
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Proto-Samic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Origin unknown, related to Proto-Finnic *heühen (“feather”). The word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword. Possibly from a Pre-Finno-Samic *šewšim.
Noun[edit]
*sëvsëm
Descendants[edit]
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland