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<P align="justify">The North Saami w … <P align="justify">The North Saami word <i>guovssahasat</i> Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis is derives from the same root as guovssu, a general Saami word meaning (evening or) morning twilight . It also belongs to the same word family as the North Saami verb <i>guovssahastit</i> to shine, blaze (of the Northern Lights) . Similar related derivations, albeit formed slightly differently, referring to the Northern Lights are found in all the western Saami languages (e.g. South Saami <i>goeksegh</i>) and of the eastern languages in Inari and Skolt Saami (<i>kuuskõõzz</i>). According to the most recent explanation, the root is an ancient borrowing from a Proto-Indo-European word, the descendants of which include the Latin word aurora dawn and the English word east.</p><P alig`="justify"> The root <i>guoksV-</i>, or rather the element <i>guok- (< *kuok- <(?) *kak-</i>) has also been related to the Lule Saami verb <i>guohkat</i> to shine and the Finnish word family <i>kaakko, kakko, kako</i> meaning south-east . The stem of the onomatopoeic <i>kaakkuri</i> red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) appears to be phonetically the same as this word family, and the Saami <i>guovssu</i> twilight would likewise seem to be phonetically identical with the stem of the word <i>[[Guovssat (Saami word to a bird species)|guovssat]]</i> Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) .</p>ian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) .</p> +
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