Where does “сиʼ” come from?

сиʼ (Kamassian) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *sijə, from Proto-Uralic śüde — coal.

Ancestry of “сиʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*sijəcoal
2Proto-Uralicśüdecoal
Every word from Proto-Uralic śüde →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *sijə →
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