Where does “ни” come from?

ни (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ńëj, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

ни (Tundra Nenets): belt

Definitions

  1. belt

Ancestry of “ни”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*ńëjarrow
2Proto-Uralicńëlearrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *ńëj →
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