Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/vaj

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

Alternative forms

• *voj

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *waje. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *voi, Proto-Samic *vuojë and Proto-Mari *ü.

Noun

*vaj

1. butter

Descendants

• Erzya: ой (oj)
• Moksha: вай (vaj)

References

• Entry #1156 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.