Where does “gaamege” come from?

gaamege (Southern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic kāmëk, from Proto-Uralic kämä — hard, firm.

gaamege (Southern Sami): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “gaamege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samickāmëkshoe
2Proto-Uralickämähard, firm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kämäEvery word from Proto-Samic kāmëk