Where does “ий” come from?

ий (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *wiŋü, from Proto-Uralic wäŋew — son-in-law.

ий (Tundra Nenets): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “ий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*wiŋüson-in-law
2Proto-Uralicwäŋewson-in-law
Every word from Proto-Uralic wäŋew →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *wiŋü →
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