Where does “ealáhus” come from?

ealáhus (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami ealihit, from Northern Sami -hit, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ealáhus (Northern Sami): livelihood

Definitions

  1. livelihood

Ancestry of “ealáhus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiealihitto care for, to support
2Northern Sami-hitForms causative verbs
3Proto-Samic-ttētēkForms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Northern Sami -hit →Every word from Proto-Samic -ttētēk →
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