Where does “dahjege” come from?

dahjege (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami dahjẹ, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.

dahjege (Northern Sami): or also, or else

Definitions

  1. or also, or else

Ancestry of “dahjege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samidahjẹor in affirmative sentences
2Finnishtahior
3Finnishtahtoato want; to tend; Partitive singular form of...
4Proto-Finnictahtoidakto want
Every word from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak →Every word from Finnish tahtoa →Every word from Finnish tahi →