Where does “bällge” come from?

bällge (Pite Sami) comes from Proto-Samic pealkē, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä — thumb.

bällge (Pite Sami): thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb

Ancestry of “bällge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicpealkēthumb
2Proto-Uralic*pälkäthumb
Every word from Proto-Uralic *pälkä →Every word from Proto-Samic pealkē →