Where does “аббьр” come from?
аббьр (Kildin Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ëprē, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.
аббьр (Kildin Sami): rain
Ancestry of “аббьр”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Samic | ëprē | rain |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥bʰrós | rain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nebʰ- | to become damp, cloudy |