Where does “gaskavahkku” come from?

gaskavahkku (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami gaska, from Polish -ka, from Old Polish -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

gaskavahkku (Northern Sami): Wednesday

Definitions

  1. Wednesday

Ancestry of “gaskavahkku”, step by step

gaskavahkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Sami gaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samigaskamiddle, center
2Polish-kafeminine noun suffix; diminutive noun suffix;...
3Old Polish-kafeminine noun suffix
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

via Northern Sami vahkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samivahkkuweek
2Proto-Samic*vëkkōweek
3Proto-Norse*ᚹᛁᚲᛟ
4Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kosEvery word from Polish -kaEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ъka
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