по̄тткнэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *poatkënētēk.

Verb

по̄тткнэ (pōttkne)

1. to snap, to break in two

Further reading

• 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