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Where does “gáisi” come from?

gáisi (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic *kājsē.

gáisi (Northern Sami): tall/high mountain

Definitions

  1. tall/high mountain

Ancestry of “gáisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samic*kājsē—

Words derived from “gáisi”

  • Kebnekaise
  • Kebnekaise
  • Kebnekaise
  • Giebmegáisi
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