Where does “vahtsa” come from?

vahtsa (Lule Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vëcë, from Proto-Uralic wete — water.

vahtsa (Lule Sami): freshly-fallen snow

Definitions

  1. freshly-fallen snow

Ancestry of “vahtsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvëcëfreshly fallen snow
2Proto-Uralicwetewater
Every word from Proto-Uralic wete →Every word from Proto-Samic vëcë →