Where does “лы” come from?

лы (Tundra Nenets) comes from Proto-Samoyedic lë, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

лы (Tundra Nenets): bone

Definitions

  1. bone

Ancestry of “лы”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyediclëbone
2Proto-Uralicluwebone
3Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →