Where does “mannji” come from?

mannji (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic mëńē, from Proto-Uralic mińä — daughter-in-law.

mannji (Northern Sami): daughter-in-law

Definitions

  1. daughter-in-law

Ancestry of “mannji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicmëńēdaughter-in-law
2Proto-Uralicmińädaughter-in-law
Every word from Proto-Uralic mińä →Every word from Proto-Samic mëńē →
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