Where does “almmá” come from?

almmá (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish ilman, from Finnish ilma, from Proto-Finnic ilma, from Proto-Uralic ilma — sky, heaven; ? weather; ? god.

almmá (Northern Sami): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “almmá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmanwithout; Genitive singular form of ilma
2Finnishilmaair; weather
3Proto-Finnicilmaair; sky; weather
4Proto-Uralicilmasky, heaven; ? weather; ? god
Every word from Proto-Uralic ilma →Every word from Proto-Finnic ilma →Every word from Finnish ilma →