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Where does “vatnat” come from?

vatnat (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vënëtēk — to stretch, to become stretched.

vatnat (Northern Sami): to stretch oneself

Definitions

  1. to stretch oneself

Ancestry of “vatnat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvënëtēkto stretch, to become stretched
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