Where does “бачебса” come from?

бачебса (Nganasan) comes from Nganasan бачедя, from Nganasan бачуˮ, from Proto-Samoyedic *wajŋ, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

бачебса (Nganasan): breathing

Definitions

  1. breathing

Ancestry of “бачебса”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nganasanбачедяto breathe
2Nganasanбачуˮsoul
3Proto-Samoyedic*wajŋbreath
4Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath
Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *wajŋ →Every word from Nganasan бачуˮ →
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