Where does “-meahttun” come from?

-meahttun (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

-meahttun (Northern Sami): Forms adjectives indicating a negation, or the...

Definitions

  1. Forms adjectives indicating a negation, or the...

Ancestry of “-meahttun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
2Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
3Proto-Uralic-ktama—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →Every word from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin →