Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uralic *jakša (cool, cold) (a front-vowel variant of *jäkše- (whence Moksha эше (eše)) + *-ma. Cognates include Erzya якшамо (jakšamo), Estonian jahe, Votic jahtua.

Noun edit

якшама (jakšama)

  1. chill

References edit

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