Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/koŋ

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 *kuŋe. According to Keresztes, via earlier *kuŋ~*kuɣ < *kuŋə.

Noun

*koŋ

moon
month

Descendants

Erzya: ков (kov)
Moksha: ков (kov)

References

Entry #411 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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