Where does “samisk” come from?

samisk (Danish) comes from Danish -isk, from Danish -sk, from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

samisk (Danish): Sami (relating to the Sami people and their language)

Definitions

  1. Sami (relating to the Sami people and their language)

Ancestry of “samisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-iskAlternative form of -sk
2Danish-skForms adjectives from nouns with sense of...
3Old Norse-skr-ish
4Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
5Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “samisk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Danish -sk →