Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/tərva

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 *turpa. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *turpa, Proto-Mari *tü̆rwə and Proto-Permic *tu̇rp.

Noun

*tərva

1. lip

Descendants

• Erzya: турва (turva)
• Moksha: търва (tərva)

References

• Entry #1658 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 172