avigʒinê

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Akkala Sami

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Etymology

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Somehow connected to Old Norse igða (small bird), either from Proto-Germanic *ewwadjǭ or from a common North Germanic/Scandinavian substrate. Compare Old Norse æðr (elderduck) and Proto-Samic *(h)āvtë.

Noun

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avigʒinê

  1. A chickadee.

Further reading

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN