Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/mekš

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 *mekše. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *mehiläinen, Proto-Mari *mükš and Proto-Permic *möš.

Noun

*mekš

1. bee

Descendants

• Erzya: мекш (mekš)
• Moksha: меш (meš)

References

• Entry #534 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.