Where does “oalgi” come from?

oalgi (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic oalkē, from Proto-Uralic *wolka — shoulder.

oalgi (Northern Sami): shoulder

Definitions

  1. shoulder

Ancestry of “oalgi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicoalkēshoulder
2Proto-Uralic*wolkashoulder
Every word from Proto-Uralic *wolka →Every word from Proto-Samic oalkē →