Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/lovaža

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 *luwe. According to Keresztes, via earlier *luvə → *luvaža.

Noun

*lovaža

1. bone

Descendants

• Erzya: ловажа (lovaža)
• Moksha: ловажа (lovaža)

References

• Entry #498 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.