Where does “gosahat” come from?
gosahat (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami gosahit, from Northern Sami -hit, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
gosahat (Northern Sami): cough
Ancestry of “gosahat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Northern Sami | gosahit | to make cough |
| 2 | Northern Sami | -hit | Forms causative verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Samic | -ttētēk | Forms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |