Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/šåŋšə

This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

Etymology

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Noun

*šåŋšə

1. hedgehog

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: шоҥшо (šoŋšo)
• Western Mari: шангшы (šangšy)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.