English
Kebnekaise
Kebnekaise comes from Swedish Kebnekaise, and goes back to Northern Sami Giebmegáisi.
- Northern SamimodernGiebmegáisi
- SwedishmodernKebnekaise
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Northern SamimodernGiebmegáisi
- SwedishmodernKebnekaise
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of giebmi ‘kettle, cauldron’ + gáisi ‘tall mountain’
Every English word from Northern Sami Giebmegáisi
Today it means
name The highest mountain in Sweden.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Northern Sami Giebmegáisi / Kebnekaise