Where does “ostjakkisamojedi” come from?
ostjakkisamojedi (Finnish) comes from Finnish samojedi, from Russian самое́д, from Russian само́-, from Russian сам, from Old East Slavic самъ, from Proto-Slavic samъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European somHós — together, one.
Ancestry of “ostjakkisamojedi”, step by step
ostjakkisamojedi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish samojedi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | samojedi | Samoyed |
| 2 | Russian | самое́д | in the narrow sense a Nenets |
| 3 | Russian | само́- | self- |
| 4 | Russian | сам | self, -self |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | самъ | self, oneself, alone |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | samъ | self, oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sāmas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |