Where does “пеля” come from?

пеля (Tundra Nenets) comes from Komi-Zyrian пель, from Proto-Permic *pɛľ, from Proto-Uralic peljä, from Proto-Uralic peele — side.

пеля (Tundra Nenets): half

Definitions

  1. half

Ancestry of “пеля”, step by step

пеля traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Komi-Zyrian пель

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Komi-Zyrianпельear
2Proto-Permic*pɛľear
3Proto-Uralicpeljäear
4Proto-Uralicpeeleside

via Proto-Samoyedic *pelä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*pelä—
2Proto-Uralicpälähalf
Every word from Proto-Uralic peele →Every word from Proto-Uralic peljä →Every word from Proto-Permic *pɛľ →
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