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Where does “nuortadavvi” come from?

nuortadavvi (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami davvi, from Proto-Samic tëvē, from Proto-Uralic tiwä.

nuortadavvi (Northern Sami): northeast

Definitions

  1. northeast

Ancestry of “nuortadavvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samidavvinorth
2Proto-Samictëvēdeep; north
3Proto-Uralictiwä—
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