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Where does “borga” come from?

borga (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic porkë, from Proto-Uralic purke.

borga (Northern Sami): snowstorm, flurry

Definitions

  1. snowstorm, flurry

Ancestry of “borga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicporkëstorm
2Proto-Uralicpurke—
Every word from Proto-Uralic purke →