Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/vijəďə

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-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *wojketa, whence Proto-Finnic *oikëda. According to Keresztes, via *vojgəda > *vijɣə-ďə.

Adjective

*vijəďə

1. straight

Descendants

• Erzya: виде (viďe), (archaic) виеде (vijeďe), вить (viť)
• Moksha: виде (viďe), види (viďi)

References

• Entry #1715 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.