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Where does “dáidduheapme” come from?

dáidduheapme (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami dáidu, from Northern Sami dáidit, from Proto-Samic tājδētēk, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.

dáidduheapme (Northern Sami): inept, skillless; stupid

Definitions

  1. inept, skillless; stupid

Ancestry of “dáidduheapme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samidáiduskill; know-how
2Northern Samidáiditto know; to master, to be proficient in
3Proto-Samictājδētēkto know
4Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
5Proto-Finnictaje-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic taje- →