Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/tol

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 *tule. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *tuli, Proto-Samic *tolë, Proto-Mari *tŭl and Proto-Permic *tu̇l.

Noun

*tol

1. fire

Descendants

• Erzya: тол (tol)
• Moksha: тол (tol)

References

• Entry #1073 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 168