Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/ĭća

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 *ićä. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *icä and Proto-Samic *ëčē.

Noun

*ĭća

1. older brother

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: иза (iza)
• Western Mari: ӹзӓ (ÿzä)

References

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