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Where does “geassi” come from?

geassi (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic keasē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kesä.

geassi (Northern Sami): summer; second-person dual imperative of geassit;...

Definitions

  1. summer; second-person dual imperative of geassit;...

Ancestry of “geassi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samickeasēsummer
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickesä—

Words derived from “geassi”

  • geasset
  • geassemánnu
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