Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/šorwa

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Adjective

*šorwa

1. dry

   Synonym: *kuśka

2. sparse, rare

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *tïrå
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: тыра (tirā)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *čurə, *šurə
  • Erzya: чуро (čuro, “rare, sparse”)
  • Moksha: шура (šura)
• Proto-Samic: *soarvē
• Proto-Finnic: *harva

Further reading

• Entry #1011 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.