Where does “dahku” come from?

dahku (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami dahkat, from Proto-Samic tëkëtēk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dahku (Northern Sami): deed, act

Definitions

  1. deed, act

Ancestry of “dahku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samidahkatto do; to make
2Proto-Samictëkëtēkto do; to make
3Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Samic tëkëtēk →