Where does “ealán” come from?

ealán (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -n, from Proto-Samic -mē, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

ealán (Northern Sami): organism; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. organism; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “ealán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-nForms verbal nouns from verbs; Forms instrument...
2Proto-Samic-mēForms action nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Northern Sami -n →Every word from Proto-Samic -mē →
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