Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/tumə

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 *tamme. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *tammi, Proto-Mari *tumə and Proto-Permic *tupu.

Noun

*tumə

1. oak

Descendants

• Erzya: тумо (tumo)
• Moksha: тума (tuma)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 171
• Entry #1649 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.