Indo-Iranian origin, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás. *<span class="searchmatch">mertä</span> man <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Permic: *mɔrt (see there for further descendants) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Mordvinic: *mirďə (see there...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Finno-Permic *<span class="searchmatch">mertä</span> (“man”). Cognate with <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Permic *mɔrt. *mirďə man, husband Erzya: мирде (mirde) Moksha: мирде (mirde) Entry #1413 in...