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Where does “vuodjat” come from?

vuodjat (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vuojëtēk, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

vuodjat (Northern Sami): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “vuodjat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvuojëtēkto swim
2Proto-Uralicuje-to swim
3Hungarian-szUsed to form the second-person singular present...
4Proto-Slavicsьthis
5Proto-Balto-Slavicśisthis here
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱísthis
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt—
9Germankitt—
10Old High Germankuti—
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “vuodjat”

  • vuoddji
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