Where does “лабя” come from?
лабя (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ləpä, from Proto-Uralic lapa — blade.
лабя (Tundra Nenets): oar
Ancestry of “лабя”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samoyedic | *ləpä | — |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | lapa | blade |