Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/šü

This Proto-Mari entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mari

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *śepä.

Noun

*šü

1. neck

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: шӱй (šüj)
• Western Mari: шӱ (šü)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *śüde.

Noun

*šü

1. charcoal

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: шӱй (šüj)
• Western Mari: шӱ (šü)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.