Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/ńäŕ
Proto-Mordvinic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *näre (“nose”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *nierë, Proto-Mari *ner and Proto-Permic *nu̇r.
Noun
*ńäŕ
Descendants
- Erzya: нерь (neŕ)
- Moksha: нярь (näŕ)
References
- Entry #594 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 94