Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/rĭwəž

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-Finno-Permic *repäs. Cognates include Proto-Permic *rüći and Proto-Finnic *repoi.

Noun

*rĭwəž

1. fox

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: рывыж (ryvyž)
• Western Mari: ӹрвӹж (ÿrvÿž), рӹвӹж (rÿvÿž)

References

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