Where does “suovvái” come from?

suovvái (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami -i, from Proto-Samic -jē — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

suovvái (Northern Sami): smoky

Definitions

  1. smoky

Ancestry of “suovvái”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Sami-iForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms adjectives...
2Proto-Samic-jēForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Samic -jē →Every word from Northern Sami -i →