Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kenžə

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

Alternative forms

• *kenǯə

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *künče. According to Keresztes, via earlier *kinžə < *kinčə.

Noun

*kenžə

1. nail
2. claw

Descendants

• Erzya: кенже (kenže)
• Moksha: кенже (kenže)

References

• Entry #309 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.