Where does “ruččkâd” come from?

ruččkâd (Ter Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ručkëtē, from Proto-Samic -ëtē, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.

ruččkâd (Ter Sami): yellow

Definitions

  1. yellow

Ancestry of “ruččkâd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicručkëtēbrown
2Proto-Samic-ëtēA generic adjective marker
3Proto-Uralic-etaA generic adjective marker, attached to roots
Every word from Proto-Uralic -eta →Every word from Proto-Samic -ëtē →Every word from Proto-Samic ručkëtē →