Where does “нява” come from?

нява (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *ńåmå, from Proto-Uralic ńoma, from Proto-Uralic ńoxe- — to pursue.

нява (Tundra Nenets): hare

Definitions

  1. hare

Ancestry of “нява”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*ńåmårabbit, hare
2Proto-Uralicńomahare
3Proto-Uralicńoxe-to pursue
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńoxe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ńoma →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *ńåmå →