Where does “bealgi” come from?

bealgi (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic pealkē, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä — thumb.

bealgi (Northern Sami): thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb

Ancestry of “bealgi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicpealkēthumb
2Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Samic pealkē →
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