Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/šoŋgə

This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *soŋkɜ.

Adjective

*šoŋgə

1. old

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: шоҥго (šoŋgo)
• Western Mari: шонгы (šongy)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.