pootso

Kemi Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *poacōj, from Proto-Uralic *počaw.

Cognates include Northern Sami boazu, Inari Sami puásui and Skolt Sami puäʒʒ.

Noun

pootso

1. reindeer

Further reading

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