Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/orja

Etymology
Traditionally taken as a borrowing from the autonym, or from an earlier stage of development (practically 🇨🇬) , with meaning 'slave' developing in a similar way as  from. EVE supports this etymology and argues that the meaning "south, southerner" is a parallel development from the Indo-Aryan endonym through the meaning "a people living south".

Alternative theories exist as well, however, but are not as widely accepted. SSA argues that a borrowing from is unlikely due to the semantic gap. Koivulehto proposed that the reflexes meaning 'slave, servant' may instead derive from the root, but later expressed support for the aforementioned etymology from.

Noun

 * 1) slave?
 * 2) southerner?

Descendants

 * Komi:
 * Samic: ?
 * Samic: ?
 * Samic: ?
 * Samic: ?
 * Samic: ?