Where does “ньа” come from?

ньа (Kamassian) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ńëj, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

ньа (Kamassian): bullet

Definitions

  1. bullet

Ancestry of “ньа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*ńëjarrow
2Proto-Uralicńëlearrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *ńëj →