Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kośkə

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 *kuśka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *koškē and Proto-Permic *kȯs.

Adjective

*kośkə

1. dry

Descendants

• Erzya: коське (kośke)
• Moksha: коське (kośke)

References

• Entry #431 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., page 66