Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/wålɣədə

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 *wëlketa. Cognates include Proto-Mordvinic *valdə, Proto-Finnic *valkëda and Proto-Samic *vielkëtē.

Adjective

*wålɣədə

1. light

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: волгыдо (volgydo)
• Western Mari: валгыды (valgydy)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
• Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.