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Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/čänžə
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Proto-Mordvinic
Anas platyrhynchos
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Noun
*čänžə[1]
- duck
- goose
Descendants
- Erzya: шенже (šenže), шенш (šenš)
References
- Bereczki, Gábor. 1986. Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial. (Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.) Szeged.