Where does “biigot” come from?

biigot (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish piikoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

biigot (Northern Sami): to work as a maid

Definitions

  1. to work as a maid

Ancestry of “biigot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpiikoaTo work as a domestic
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →