Where does “ájáhallat” come from?

ájáhallat (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami ájihit, from Northern Sami -hit, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ájáhallat (Northern Sami): to waste time

Definitions

  1. to waste time

Ancestry of “ájáhallat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiájihitto delay, to hinder
2Northern Sami-hitForms causative verbs
3Proto-Samic-ttētēkForms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Northern Sami -hit →Every word from Proto-Samic -ttētēk →
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