Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kov

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 form

• *koŋ

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe. According to Keresztes, via earlier *kuŋə ⇒ *kuŋ~*kuɣ.

Noun

*kov

1. moon
2. month

Descendants

• Erzya: ков (kov)
• Moksha: ков (kov)

References

• Entry #411 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.