Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/uŕə

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 *orja. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *orja.

Noun

*uŕə

1. slave

Descendants

• Erzya: уре (uŕe)
• Moksha: уре (uŕe)

References

• Entry #1459 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 176