Where does “arvi” come from?

arvi (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ëprē, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

arvi (Northern Sami): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “arvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicëprērain
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy

Words derived from “arvi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós →Every word from Proto-Samic ëprē →
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