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Where does “davveviesttar” come from?

davveviesttar (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami davvi, from Proto-Samic tëvē, from Proto-Uralic tiwä.

davveviesttar (Northern Sami): northwest

Definitions

  1. northwest

Ancestry of “davveviesttar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samidavvinorth
2Proto-Samictëvēdeep; north
3Proto-Uralictiwä—
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