Where does “bággu” come from?

bággu (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish pakko, from Proto-Finnic pakko — block of wood.

bággu (Northern Sami): force, compulsion; obligation, necessity

Definitions

  1. force, compulsion; obligation, necessity

Ancestry of “bággu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkoobligation, force, necessity, compulsion;...
2Proto-Finnicpakkoblock of wood
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