Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kalə

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 *kala. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *kala, Proto-Samic *kuolē and Proto-Samoyedic *kålä.

Noun

*kalə

1. fish

Descendants

• Erzya: кал (kal)
• Moksha: кал (kal)

References

• Entry #228 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.