Where does “bone” come from?
bone (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami botnit, from Proto-Samic ponētēk, from Proto-Uralic puna- — spin.
bone (Northern Sami): inflection of botnit:
## present indicative...
Definitions
- inflection of botnit:
## present indicative...
Ancestry of “bone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Northern Sami | botnit | to spin |
| 2 | Proto-Samic | ponētēk | to plait |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | puna- | spin |