Where does “хамба” come from?
хамба (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *kåmpå, from Proto-Uralic *kompa.
хамба (Tundra Nenets): wave
Ancestry of “хамба”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samoyedic | *kåmpå | — |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | *kompa | — |