Where does “vueʹssmään” come from?

vueʹssmään (Skolt Sami) comes from Skolt Sami mään, from Proto-Samic mānō, from Proto-Norse mānō, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

vueʹssmään (Skolt Sami): May

Definitions

  1. May

Ancestry of “vueʹssmään”, step by step

vueʹssmään traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Skolt Sami mään

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Skolt Samimäänmoon; month
2Proto-Samicmānōmoon; month
3Proto-Norsemānō—
4Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Skolt Sami vueʹss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Skolt Samivueʹssreindeer calf; part; luck, fortune
2Proto-Samicoasēpart
3Proto-Finnicosapart
4Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnô →
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