Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/kelmə

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-Finno-Permic *külmä. According to Keresztes, via earlier *kilmə < *kilmä.

Cognate with Proto-Finnic *külmä, Proto-Samic *këlmētēk.

Adjective

*kelmə

1. cold

Descendants

• Erzya: кельме (keľme)
• Moksha: кельме (keľme)

References

• Entry #1311 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.