Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/maŕ

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 *mërja. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *marja and Proto-Samic *muorjē.

Noun

*maŕ

1. berry

Descendants

• Erzya: марь (maŕ) (in compounds)
• Moksha: марь (maŕ)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 84