Where does “лабя” come from?

лабя (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ləpä, from Proto-Uralic lapa — blade.

лабя (Tundra Nenets): oar

Definitions

  1. oar

Ancestry of “лабя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*ləpäoar
2Proto-Uraliclapablade
Every word from Proto-Uralic lapa →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *ləpä →
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