Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/vərgas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. According to Keresztes, via Early Proto-Mordvinic *virgəs.

Noun

*vərgas

1. wolf

Descendants

• Erzya: верьгиз (veŕgiz)
• Moksha: врьгаз (vŕgaz)

References

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