Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/javəms

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 *jëka-. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *jakadak, Proto-Samic *juokētēk and Proto-Permic *jukni.

According to Keresztes, via *jaga- ⇒ *jaɣə-.

Verb

*javəms

1. to divide

Descendants

• Erzya: явомс (javoms)
• Moksha: явомс (javoms)

References

• Entry #157 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 44