Where does “dievas” come from?
dievas (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic tievδës, from Proto-Uralic täwde — full.
dievas (Northern Sami): full; complete
Ancestry of “dievas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samic | tievδës | full |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | täwde | full |