Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/son

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 *sän, possibly via *sən. The vowel could also be influenced by *mon, *ton.

Pronoun

*son

1. Third-person singular pronoun: he, she, it

Descendants

• Erzya: сон (son)
• Moksha: сон (son)

References

• Entry #919 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.