Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kuləms

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 *kale-. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *kooldak and Proto-Permic *kulni.

Verb

*kuləms

1. to die

Descendants

• Erzya: куломс (kuloms)
• Moksha: куломс (kuloms)

References

• Entry #339 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.