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Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/joŋs

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

Reconstruction

Bereczki (1986: 45) proposes earlier *joŋgəks by comparison with Moksha [script needed] (joŋga) in dialectal [script needed] (aťamjoŋga, “rainbow”) (compare usual атямъёнкс (aťamjonks)), but also accepts the usual derivation from Proto-Uralic.

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *joŋse, cognate with Proto-Finnic *jousi, Proto-Samoyedic *jïntə, and Proto-Samic *juoksë.

Noun

*joŋs

  1. bow

Descendants
  • Erzya: ёнкс (jonks), ёнс (jons)
  • Moksha: ёнкс (jonks)

References
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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