Where does “сӣррэй” come from?

сӣррэй (Kildin Sami) comes from Kildin Sami сӣррэ, from Kildin Sami -э, from Proto-Samic -ëtē, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.

сӣррэй (Kildin Sami): player

Definitions

  1. player

Ancestry of “сӣррэй”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kildin Samiсӣррэto play
2Kildin Sami-эForms adjectives from stems
3Proto-Samic-ëtēA generic adjective marker
4Proto-Uralic-etaA generic adjective marker, attached to roots
Every word from Proto-Uralic -eta →Every word from Proto-Samic -ëtē →Every word from Kildin Sami -э →