Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sëvsëm
Proto-Samic
editEtymology
editOrigin 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