мӣһкь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish miekka, from Proto-Finnic *mëëkka, from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Related to Northern Sami miehkki and Skolt Sami mieʹǩǩ.

Noun

мӣһкь (mīhk’)

1. sword

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland