Where does “ёлы-па̄л” come from?

ёлы-па̄л (Northern Mansi) comes from Mansi па̄л, from Proto-Uralic pälä — half.

ёлы-па̄л (Northern Mansi): under, bellow

Definitions

  1. under, bellow

Ancestry of “ёлы-па̄л”, step by step

ёлы-па̄л traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mansi па̄л

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mansiпа̄лhalf; side; page
2Proto-Uralicpälähalf

via Proto-Uralic ëla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic pälä →Every word from Mansi па̄л →