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Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/waštar

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *wakštira. Cognates include Proto-Mordvinic *ukštərə and Proto-Finnic *vahtëra.

Noun

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*waštar

  1. maple

Descendants

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  • Eastern Mari: ваштар (vaštar)
  • Western Mari: ваштар (vaštar)

References

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