Where does “тей” come from?

тей (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Turkic *tepe — hill, top.

тей (Tundra Nenets): of yesterday; yesterday

Definitions

  1. of yesterday; yesterday

Ancestry of “тей”, step by step

тей traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic *tepe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tepehill, top

via Proto-Samoyedic *tejə

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*tejə
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tepe
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