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Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/alə

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 *ëla. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *ala, Proto-Samic *vuolē, Proto-Permic *ul.

Adjective

*alə

  1. lower
  2. under

Descendants
  • Erzya: ало (alo)
  • Moksha: ала (ala)

References
  • Entry #7 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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