Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔeŕk-
Meaning: door (of the birchbark tent)
Ket: ɛllǝ5, pl. ɛllán ( < ɛlla:n3); South. ɛla5, pl. ɛlɨn5
Yug: ɛrfɔx5, pl. ɛrfɔxn5
Pumpokol: élxan (Сл.), elxan (Срсл.) "door"
Comments: ССЕ 187. Yug probably reflects a metathesis: ɛrfɔx < *ɛrxɔp < *erk-op. The word is probably a compound, but details are not quite clear. Werner 1, 230 <*ɛʎphǝq>.