Where does “arve” come from?

arve (Inari Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ëprē, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

arve (Inari Sami): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “arve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicëprērain
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós →Every word from Proto-Samic ëprē →