Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/ťäšťə

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 *täštä. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *tähti and Proto-Samic *tāstē.

Noun

*ťäšťə

1. star

Descendants

• Erzya: теште (ťešťe)
• Moksha: тяште (ťašťe)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 167
• Entry #1635 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.