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Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/javəms

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 *jëka-. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *jakadak, Proto-Samic *juokētēk and Proto-Permic *jukni.

According to Keresztes, via *jaɣə- < *jaga-.

Verb

*javəms

  1. to divide

Descendants
  • Erzya: явомс (javoms)
  • Moksha: явомс (javoms)

References
  • Entry #157 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 44
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