Where does “хэмʼ” come from?

хэмʼ (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *këm, from Proto-Turkic Kiān.

хэмʼ (Tundra Nenets): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “хэмʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*këmblood
2Proto-TurkicKiān—
Every word from Proto-Turkic Kiān →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *këm →