Where does “туни” come from?

туни (Tundra Nenets) comes from Tundra Nenets ту, from Proto-Samoyedic *tuj, from Proto-Uralic tule — fire.

туни (Tundra Nenets): gun

Definitions

  1. gun

Ancestry of “туни”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tundra Nenetsтуfire
2Proto-Samoyedic*tujfire
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Uralic tule →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *tuj →Every word from Tundra Nenets ту →