Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/lokśťəŋ

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-Finno-Ugric *joŋkće. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *jouc'ën, Proto-Samic *ńukčë.

Noun

*lokśťəŋ

1. swan

Descendants

• Erzya: локсей (lokśej)
• Moksha: локсти (lokśťi)

References

• Entry #189 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.