Where does “háŋgut” come from?

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

háŋgut (Northern Sami): to use a pitchfork

Definitions

  1. to use a pitchfork

Ancestry of “háŋgut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiháŋgupitchfork
2Finnishhankopitchfork
3Finnishhankafork; Synonym of hankain
4Proto-Finnichankafork of a branch
5Proto-Uralicšaŋkabranch
Every word from Proto-Uralic šaŋka →Every word from Proto-Finnic hanka →Every word from Finnish hanka →
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