Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mertä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

Of Indo-Iranian origin, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás.

Noun

*mertä

1. man

Descendants

• Proto-Permic: *mɔrt (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *mirďə (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.