Where does “ведьбине” come from?

ведьбине (Moksha) comes from Moksha ведь, from Proto-Uralic wete — water.

ведьбине (Moksha): beaver (aquatic mammal)

Definitions

  1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

Ancestry of “ведьбине”, step by step

ведьбине traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Moksha ведь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokshaведьwater
2Proto-Uralicwetewater

via Erzya пине

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Erzyaпинеdog
Every word from Proto-Uralic wete →Every word from Moksha ведь →