Where does “dearvvaš” come from?

dearvvaš (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish terve, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

dearvvaš (Northern Sami): healthy, well, sound

Definitions

  1. healthy, well, sound

Ancestry of “dearvvaš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervehealthy, sane; healthy, sound; sound, well
2Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
3Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →Every word from Proto-Finnic terveh →Every word from Finnish terve →