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Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/mekš
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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 *mekše. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *mehiläinen, Proto-Mari *mükš and Proto-Permic *möš.
Descendants
- Erzya: мекш (mekš)
- Moksha: меш (meš)
References
- Entry #534 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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