Where does “пуць” come from?

пуць (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *puəj-, from Proto-Uralic polwe — knee.

пуць (Tundra Nenets): to start blowing

Definitions

  1. to start blowing

Ancestry of “пуць”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*puəj-knee
2Proto-Uralicpolweknee
Every word from Proto-Uralic polweEvery word from Proto-Samoyedic *puəj-