Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *šaštəms, inherited Proto-Uralic *ča(n)čɜ- (to stride, go), suffixed with a descendant of *-kta-, *-pta-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

шаштомс (šaštoms) (present шашты, past шаштсь)

  1. (transitive) to move (a little)
  2. (transitive) to move closer

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “шаштомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #98 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.