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Where does “jåhkå” come from?

jåhkå (Lule Sami) comes from Proto-Samic jokë, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.

jåhkå (Lule Sami): river

Definitions

  1. river

Ancestry of “jåhkå”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicjokëriver
2Proto-Uralicjokeriver
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