эскелямс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *äśkələms, inherited from Proto-Uralic *aśkele (“step”), itself derived from *aśka- (“to step”). Cognates include Finnish askel (“step”), astua (“to step, to enter”), Western Mari ашкыл (aškyl, “step”), Komi-Zyrian воськов (vośkov, “step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esʲkʲelʲams/

Verb

эскелямс • (eskeľams) (present эскели, past эскелясь)

1. to walk, stride, step

Derived terms

• эскелькс (eskeľks)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “эскелямс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #31 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.