Where does “халясавэй” come from?

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

халясавэй (Tundra Nenets): containing fish

Definitions

  1. containing fish

Ancestry of “халясавэй”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tundra Nenetsхаляfish
2Proto-Samoyedickåläfish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic kålä →Every word from Tundra Nenets халя →