Where does “russjkat” come from?

russjkat (Lule Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ručkëtē, from Proto-Samic -ëtē, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.

russjkat (Lule Sami): brown, tawny

Definitions

  1. brown, tawny

Ancestry of “russjkat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicručkëtēbrown
2Proto-Samic-ëtēA generic adjective marker
3Proto-Uralic-etaA generic adjective marker, attached to roots
Every word from Proto-Uralic -eta →Every word from Proto-Samic -ëtē →Every word from Proto-Samic ručkëtē →