Where does “nuorasmahttit” come from?

nuorasmahttit (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -hit, from Proto-Samic -ttētēk, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nuorasmahttit (Northern Sami): to make younger, to rejuvenate

Definitions

  1. to make younger, to rejuvenate

Ancestry of “nuorasmahttit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-hitForms causative verbs
2Proto-Samic-ttētēkForms causative verbs from nouns or other verbs
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Northern Sami -hit →Every word from Proto-Samic -ttētēk →