Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/ńäŕ

This Proto-Mordvinic 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-Mordvinic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *näre (“nose”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *nierë, Proto-Mari *ner and Proto-Permic *nu̇r.

Noun

*ńäŕ

1. beak

Descendants

• Erzya: нерь (ńeŕ)
• Moksha: нярь (ńaŕ)

References

• Entry #594 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., page 94