Where does “jávri” come from?

jávri (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic jāvrē, from Proto-Finno-Permic jäwrä.

jávri (Northern Sami): lake

Definitions

  1. lake

Ancestry of “jávri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicjāvrēlake
2Proto-Finno-Permicjäwrä—

Words derived from “jávri”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jäwrä →Every word from Proto-Samic jāvrē →