Where does “nahkihit” come from?

nahkihit (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic nëkkēttētēk, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nahkihit (Northern Sami): to put, to set, to place

Definitions

  1. to put, to set, to place

Ancestry of “nahkihit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicnëkkēttētēkto push
2Proto-Samic-ttētēkForms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Samic -ttētēk →Every word from Proto-Samic nëkkēttētēk →