Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/san

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 *sëne. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *sooni, Proto-Samic *suonë, Proto-Mari *sün and Proto-Permic *sȯn.

Noun

*san

1. vein

Descendants

• Erzya: сан (san)
• Moksha: сан (san)

References

• Entry #894 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.