Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/čänžə

This Proto-Mordvinic 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-Mordvinic

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (compare Lithuanian žąsìs and Latvian zoss). Cognates include Proto-Finnic *hanhi.

Noun

*čänžə

1. duck
2. goose

Descendants

• Erzya: шенже (šenže), шенш (šenš)
• Moksha: сенч (senč)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 156