avigʒinê

Akkala Sami

Etymology

Somehow connected to Old Norse igða (“small bird”), either from Proto-Germanic *ewwadjǭ or from a common North Germanic/Scandinavian substrate. Compare Old Norse æðr (“elderduck”) and Proto-Samic *(h)āvtë.

Noun

avigʒinê

1. A chickadee.

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN