Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/ner

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

From Proto-Uralic *näre. Cognates include Proto-Permic *nu̇r and Proto-Samic *nierë.

Noun

*ner

1. nose

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: нер (ńer)
• Western Mari: нер (ńer)

References

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