Where does “нися” come from?

нися (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ejsä, from Proto-Uralic ićä — father.

нися (Tundra Nenets): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “нися”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*ejsä
2Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic ićäEvery word from Proto-Samoyedic *ejsä
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