Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/nürə

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 *ńëre.

Adjective

*nürə

1. wet, moist

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: нӧрӧ (nörö)
• Western Mari: нӧры (nöry)

References

• Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.