Where does “хамба” come from?

хамба (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *kåmpå, from Proto-Uralic *kompa — wave.

хамба (Tundra Nenets): wave

Definitions

  1. wave

Ancestry of “хамба”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*kåmpåwave
2Proto-Uralic*kompawave
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kompa →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *kåmpå →