Where does “bronsaáigi” come from?

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

bronsaáigi (Northern Sami): Bronze Age

Definitions

  1. Bronze Age

Ancestry of “bronsaáigi”, step by step

bronsaáigi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Sami áigi

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

via Northern Sami bronsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samibronsabronze
Every word from Proto-Finnic aika →Every word from Proto-Samic ājkē →Every word from Northern Sami áigi →