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Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/lišmə

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 *lešmä (“large domesticated animal”). Cognate with Proto-Finnic *lehmä (“cow”).

Noun

*lišmə

  1. horse

Descendants
  • Erzya: лишме (ľišme)
  • Moksha: лишме (ľišme)

References
  • Entry #1378 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., page 79
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