Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sëvsëm
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