Where does “-teʹm” come from?

-teʹm (Skolt Sami) comes from Proto-Samic -tteamē — Forms adjectives indicating a lack of something.

Ancestry of “-teʹm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samic-tteamēForms adjectives indicating a lack of something
Every word from Proto-Samic -tteamē
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