Where does “basahit” come from?

basahit (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -hit, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

basahit (Northern Sami): to have washed, to have cleaned

Definitions

  1. to have washed, to have cleaned

Ancestry of “basahit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-hitForms causative verbs
2Proto-Samic-ttētēkForms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Northern Sami -hit →Every word from Proto-Samic -ttētēk →