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Where does “doboš” come from?

doboš (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami doahput, from Proto-Samic toapōtēk — to snatch, to catch.

doboš (Northern Sami): inflection of doahput: ## third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of doahput: ## third-person singular...

Ancestry of “doboš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samidoahputto snatch, to grab, to take
2Proto-Samictoapōtēkto snatch, to catch
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