Where does “newa” come from?

newa (Unami) comes from Russian Нева́, from Proto-Uralic ńoma, from Proto-Uralic ńoxe- — to pursue.

newa (Unami): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “newa”, step by step

newa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Нева́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianНева́(the river on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed)
2Proto-Uralicńomahare
3Proto-Uralicńoxe-to pursue

via Proto-Algonquian nye·wi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquiannye·wifour

Words derived from “newa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ńoxe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ńoma →Every word from Russian Нева́ →