Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/ťäšťə

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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 *täštä. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *tähti and Proto-Samic *tāstē.

Noun

*ťäšťə

  1. star

Descendants

  • Erzya: теште (ťešťe)
  • Moksha: тяште (ťašťe)

References

  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 167
  • Entry #1635 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.