The story
- Bashkir · derived fromүр“elevation; upland”
- Russian · borrowed fromУра́л
- English todayUral
From Russian Ура́л (Urál), most likely from either Bashkir үр (ör, “elevation; upland”) or Mansi (Northern Mansi ур ала (ur ala, “mountain peak”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.