-мс

Erzya

Alternative forms

• -мкс (-mks) (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *-ms, from Proto-Uralic *-ma suffixed with *-s (illative ending) or *-ks (translative ending). According to Keresztes, via earlier *-məs.

Suffix

-мс • (-ms)

2. The first infinitive suffix.

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.