Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/irďə-

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-Finno-Permic *ertä. Possibly suffixed with *-ks. According to Keresztes, via earlier *ērdä ⇒ *īrďə.

Noun

*irďə-

1. rib

Descendants

• Erzya: ирдез (irďez)

References

• Entry #1227 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.