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Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *piźəmə, derived from Proto-Finno-Permic *piśä-~*piśa- (to drip, dribble), suffixed with *-mV. Related to Moksha пизем (piźem, rain), Finnish pisara (drop), Estonian pisar (tear).

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Noun edit

пиземе (piźeme)

  1. rain

References edit

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  • Entry #1489 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.