Where does “мәйа” come from?

мәйа (Kamassian) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *məjå, from Proto-Uralic muďa — earth.

мәйа (Kamassian): mountain

Definitions

  1. mountain

Ancestry of “мәйа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*məjåearth, land
2Proto-Uralicmuďaearth
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *məjå →