Reconstruction:Proto-Mordvinic/jalgə

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 *jalka. Possibly suffixed with *-gə (prolative suffix). Cognate with Proto-Finnic *jalka, Proto-Samic *juolkē and Proto-Mari *jål.

Noun

*jalgə

1. on foot

Descendants

• Erzya: ялго (jalgo)
• Moksha: ялга (jalga)

References

• Entry #160 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.