Where does “ябта” come from?

ябта (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *jəptå — dew.

ябта (Tundra Nenets): moisture

Definitions

  1. moisture

Ancestry of “ябта”, step by step

ябта traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Samoyedic *jəptå

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*jəptådew

via Tundra Nenets яб

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tundra Nenetsябluck
Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *jəptå