Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/mirďə

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-Permic *mertä (“man”). Cognate with Proto-Permic *mɔrt.

Noun

*mirďə

1. man, husband

Descendants

• Erzya: мирде (miŕďe)
• Moksha: мирде (miŕďe)

References

• Entry #1413 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., page 89