Where does “háŋgu” come from?

háŋgu (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish hanko, from Finnish hanka, from Proto-Finnic hanka, from Proto-Uralic šaŋka — branch.

háŋgu (Northern Sami): pitchfork

Definitions

  1. pitchfork

Ancestry of “háŋgu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankopitchfork
2Finnishhankafork; Synonym of hankain
3Proto-Finnichankafork of a branch
4Proto-Uralicšaŋkabranch

Words derived from “háŋgu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šaŋka →Every word from Proto-Finnic hanka →Every word from Finnish hanka →