Erzya edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rudas, whence Lithuanian rùdas ((red)brown, reddish, dark yellow), Latvian ruds (reddish, redbrown).

Akin to Moksha ърдаз (ərdaz).

Noun edit

рудаз (rudaz)

  1. dirt

References edit

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