Where does “хо” come from?

хо (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *koəj, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.

хо (Tundra Nenets): birch

Definitions

  1. birch

Ancestry of “хо”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*koəjbirch
2Proto-Uralickojwabirch
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *koəj →