Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/ver

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 *were. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *veri, Proto-Samic *vërë, Proto-Mari *wü̆r and Proto-Permic *vir.

Noun

*ver

1. blood

Descendants

• Erzya: верь (veŕ)
• Moksha: вер (ver)

References

• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 186
• Entry #1152 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.