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Where does “vearri” come from?

vearri (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vearē, from Proto-Finnic väärä — crooked, bent; false, wrong, incorrect.

vearri (Northern Sami): mistake, error; injustice, wrong

Definitions

  1. mistake, error; injustice, wrong

Ancestry of “vearri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvearēwrong
2Proto-Finnicvääräcrooked, bent; false, wrong, incorrect
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