Where does “джага” come from?

джага (Kamassian) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *jəkå, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.

джага (Kamassian): stream, river

Definitions

  1. stream, river

Ancestry of “джага”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*jəkåriver
2Proto-Uralicjokeriver
Every word from Proto-Uralic jokeEvery word from Proto-Samoyedic *jəkå