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Where does “muitaleaddji” come from?

muitaleaddji (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami muitalit, from Northern Sami -alit, from Proto-Samic -ëlëtēk, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

muitaleaddji (Northern Sami): narrator, storyteller; informer; present...

Definitions

  1. narrator, storyteller; informer; present...

Ancestry of “muitaleaddji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samimuitalitto tell
2Northern Sami-alitForms reciprocal verbs; Forms momentane verbs;...
3Proto-Samic-ëlëtēkForms frequentative verbs; Forms momentane verbs;...
4Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →