Where does “jápmit” come from?

jápmit (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic jāmētēk, from Proto-Turkic jama- — to patch.

jápmit (Northern Sami): to die

Definitions

  1. to die

Ancestry of “jápmit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicjāmētēkto die
2Proto-Turkicjama-to patch

Words derived from “jápmit”

Every word from Proto-Turkic jama- →Every word from Proto-Samic jāmētēk →
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