Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/nal

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 *ńële. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *nooli, Proto-Samic *ńuolë, Proto-Mari *nülə and Proto-Permic *ńȯl.

Noun

*nal

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Descendants

• Erzya: нал (nal)
• Moksha: нал (nal)

References

• Entry #622 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.