Where does “нылпи” come from?

нылпи (Udmurt) comes from Udmurt пи, from Proto-Permic *pi, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

нылпи (Udmurt): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “нылпи”, step by step

нылпи traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Udmurt пи

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Udmurtпиson
2Proto-Permic*pison
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

via Udmurt ныл

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Udmurtнылdaughter; girl
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka