Where does “яха” come from?
яха (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *jəkå, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.
яха (Tundra Nenets): river; skin; flay
Ancestry of “яха”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samoyedic | *jəkå | — |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | joke | river |