Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/veńəš

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 *weneš. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *veneh and Proto-Samic *vënës.

Noun

*veńəš

1. boat

Descendants

• Erzya: венч (venč)
• Moksha: венеж (veńež)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 186
• Entry #1703 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.