Where does “сэв” come from?

сэв (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *səjmä, from Proto-Uralic śilmä — eye.

сэв (Tundra Nenets): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “сэв”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*səjmäeye
2Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic śilmä →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *səjmä →