Where does “халя” come from?

халя (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic kålä, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

халя (Tundra Nenets): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “халя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedickåläfish
2Proto-Uralickäläfish

Words derived from “халя

Every word from Proto-Uralic käläEvery word from Proto-Samoyedic kålä