Where does “gávccis” come from?

gávccis (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami gávcci, from Proto-Samic kākcē, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

gávccis (Northern Sami): An octad, eightsome; a group of eight people

Definitions

  1. An octad, eightsome; a group of eight people

Ancestry of “gávccis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samigávccieight
2Proto-Samickākcēeight
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →