Where does “čuorgat” come from?

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

čuorgat (Northern Sami): gray; gray-haired

Definitions

  1. gray; gray-haired

Ancestry of “čuorgat”, 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 →