Where does “buolláhit” come from?

buolláhit (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -hit, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

buolláhit (Northern Sami): to set on fire, to set fire to, to light, to...

Definitions

  1. to set on fire, to set fire to, to light, to...

Ancestry of “buolláhit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-hitForms causative verbs
2Proto-Samic-ttētēkForms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Northern Sami -hit →Every word from Proto-Samic -ttētēk →