Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vuovtē

Etymology
According to Sammallahti (apud Aikio 2006), from Pre-Samic *awta, borrowed from.

An alternate etymology has been suggested as well: connection to Hungarian, Khanty *woont "forest" (e.g. 🇨🇬). UEW proposes a common Proto-Finno-Ugric root. However, the development *mt > *vt would be irregular in Samic: contrast e.g..

Noun

 * 1) forest

Descendants

 * Western Samic:
 * Eastern Samic:
 * → Finnish:
 * Eastern Samic:
 * → Finnish:
 * Eastern Samic:
 * → Finnish:
 * → Finnish: