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Where does “vealgi” come from?

vealgi (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vealkē, from Proto-Finnic velka — debt.

vealgi (Northern Sami): debt

Definitions

  1. debt

Ancestry of “vealgi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvealkēdebt
2Proto-Finnicvelkadebt

Words derived from “vealgi”

  • vealgut
Every word from Proto-Finnic velka →