недь

Erzya

Пила недь.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ńeď, from Proto-Uralic *niδe~*nüδe (“handle, holder, shaft”). Cognates include Finnish nysi (nyte-), Northern Sami nađđa, Hungarian nyél.

Noun

недь • (neď)

1. handle, helve, shaft

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “недь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #595 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.