Where does “vuokta” come from?

vuokta (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vuoptë, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.

vuokta (Northern Sami): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “vuokta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvuoptëhair
2Proto-Uralicëptehair
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëpte →Every word from Proto-Samic vuoptë →