Where does “kantasaame” come from?

kantasaame (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.

kantasaame (Finnish): Proto-Samic reconstructed protolanguage

Definitions

  1. Proto-Samic reconstructed protolanguage

Ancestry of “kantasaame”, step by step

kantasaame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—

via Finnish saame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaameSámi
2Northern SamiSápmiThe lands of the Sami within the national state borders of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia
3Proto-SamicsāmēSami person
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kanta →Every word from Finnish kanta →