Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/jožə

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

From Proto-Uralic *(j)iša. According to Keresztes, via *juža > *južə.

Noun

*jožə

1. surface
2. skin

Descendants

• Erzya: ёжо (jožo)
• Moksha: ёжа (joža), ёж (jož)

References

• Entry #1249 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.