Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/čänžə

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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[edit]

Anas platyrhynchos

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís (goose), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Noun[edit]

*čänžə[1]

  1. duck
  2. goose

Descendants[edit]

  • Erzya: шенже (šenže), шенш (šenš)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 156