Where does “сырасавэй” come from?

сырасавэй (Tundra Nenets) comes from Tundra Nenets сыра, from Proto-Samoyedic *sïrå — snow.

сырасавэй (Tundra Nenets): snowy

Definitions

  1. snowy

Ancestry of “сырасавэй”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tundra Nenetsсыраsnow
2Proto-Samoyedic*sïråsnow
Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *sïrå →Every word from Tundra Nenets сыра →