начко

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *načkə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńačkɜ (“wet, humid, watery, raw”). Akin to Moksha начка (načka), Finnish nahkea (“tacky, sticky”), Lule Sami njuoskas, Eastern Mari ночко (nočko).

Adjective

начко • (načko)

1. wet

   начко лов ― načko lov ― wet snow

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “начко”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #609 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.