Where does “voepte” come from?

voepte (Southern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic vuoptë, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.

voepte (Southern Sami): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “voepte”, step by step

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