Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/šĭńća

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

From Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

*šĭńća

1. eye

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: шинча (šinča)
• North-Western Mari: шӹнцӓ (šÿncä)
• Western Mari: сӹнзӓ (sÿnzä)

References

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