Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/mäĺə-

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 *mälke.

Noun

*mäĺə-[1]

breast

Descendants

Erzya: мелькть (melʹktʹ)
Moksha: [script needed] (ḿäĺʿḱä)

References

Bereczki, Gábor. 1986. Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial. (Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.) Szeged.

[1] Bereczki, Gábor. 1986. Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial. (Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.) Szeged.