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Where does “ahki” come from?

ahki (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ëkē, from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

ahki (Northern Sami): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “ahki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicëkēage
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

Words derived from “ahki”

  • agálaš
  • agálašvuohta
  • agálaččat
  • ahkkái
  • agás
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