Where does “ча̄пэх” come from?

ча̄пэх (Kildin Sami) comes from Proto-Samic čeapēttē, from Proto-Uralic śepä — neck.

ча̄пэх (Kildin Sami): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “ча̄пэх”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicčeapēttēneck
2Proto-Uralicśepäneck
Every word from Proto-Uralic śepä →Every word from Proto-Samic čeapēttē →