Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/parə

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-Finno-Permic *para. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *paras, Proto-Samic *puorē and Proto-Permic *bur.

Adjective

*parə

1. good

Descendants

• Erzya: паро (paro)
• Moksha: пара (para)

References

• Entry #1465 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.