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Where does “jorri” come from?

jorri (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -i, from Proto-Samic -jē — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

jorri (Northern Sami): wheel; carousel; whirl, vortex

Definitions

  1. wheel; carousel; whirl, vortex

Ancestry of “jorri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-iForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms adjectives...
2Proto-Samic-jēForms agent nouns from verbs
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