Where does “яха” come from?

яха (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *jəkå, from Proto-Uralic joke — river.

яха (Tundra Nenets): river; skin; flay

Definitions

  1. river; skin; flay

Ancestry of “яха”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*jəkåriver
2Proto-Uralicjokeriver
Every word from Proto-Uralic joke →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *jəkå →