Where does “bassi” come from?

bassi (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami bassat, from Proto-Samic pësëtēk — to wash.

bassi (Northern Sami): holy, sacred; holiday; cleaner, janitor

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred; holiday; cleaner, janitor

Ancestry of “bassi”, step by step

bassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Sami bassat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samibassatto wash
2Proto-Samicpësëtēkto wash

via Proto-Samic pësē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicpësēholy, sacred
2Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—

Words derived from “bassi”

Every word from Proto-Samic pësëtēk →Every word from Northern Sami bassat →