Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/meńəľ

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 *mińi (“sky”). According to Keresztes, via *mińɜ > *mińə-ľə.

Noun

*meńəľ

1. sky

Descendants

• Erzya: менель (meńeľ)
• Moksha: ме́нель (méńeľ)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 87