Where does “boahtteáigi” come from?

boahtteáigi (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami áigi, from Proto-Samic ājkē, from Proto-Finnic aika — time.

boahtteáigi (Northern Sami): future

Definitions

  1. future

Ancestry of “boahtteáigi”, step by step

boahtteáigi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Sami áigi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiáigitime; tense
2Proto-Samicājkētime
3Proto-Finnicaikatime

via Northern Sami boahttẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiboahttẹnext, following
Every word from Proto-Finnic aika →Every word from Proto-Samic ājkē →Every word from Northern Sami áigi →