Where does “-лэ” come from?

-лэ (Kildin Sami) comes from Proto-Samic -lētēk, from Proto-Uralic -la-.

Ancestry of “-лэ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samic-lētēkForms verbs indicating a quick action
2Proto-Uralic-la-—

Words derived from “-лэ”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -la- →Every word from Proto-Samic -lētēk →