Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kuz

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 *kowse. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *kuusi, Proto-Samic *kuosë and Proto-Permic *kȯz.

Noun

*kuz

1. spruce

Descendants

• Erzya: куз (kuz)
• Moksha: куз (kuz)

References

• Entry #429 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.