Where does “jápmin” come from?

jápmin (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -n, from Proto-Samic -mē, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

jápmin (Northern Sami): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “jápmin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-nForms verbal nouns from verbs; Forms instrument...
2Proto-Samic-mēForms action nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Northern Sami -n →Every word from Proto-Samic -mē →