Where does “tjuorggat” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tjuorggat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicčuorkëtēgray
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 čuorkëtē →