Where does “не” come from?

не (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ne, from Proto-Uralic niŋä — woman.

не (Tundra Nenets): woman

Definitions

  1. woman

Ancestry of “не”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*ne—
2Proto-Uralicniŋäwoman
Every word from Proto-Uralic niŋä →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *ne →
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