tjors

Kemi Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šuoδšō(j).

Possibly related to Finnish sorsa. Cognates include Northern Sami duoršu, Skolt Sami čuâršš and Kildin Sami чуэррш (čuerrš).

Noun

tjors

1. duck

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “tjors”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland