Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/mü

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

Borrowed from Proto-Udmurt, ultimately from Proto-Permic *må, from Proto-Uralic *mete.

Noun

*mü

1. honey

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: мӱй (müj)
• Western Mari: мӱ (mü)

References

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