Altlettgallische Lehnwörter im Mordwinischen

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ID20467747
AuthorsSanteri Junttila (0000-0002-7633-6534, University of Helsinki, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume2018
Issue64
Publication date2018-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFinnisch-Ugrische Forschungen (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0355-1253 • E-ISSN: 0355-1253
PublisherFinnisch-Ugrische Forschungen (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.33339/fuf.66663
OpenAlexW2915085613
LanguageEN
References cited6

Old Latgalian loanwords in Mordvin? Grünthal (2012) has counted 36 Baltic loanwords in Mordvin and divided them into two chronological layers according to their vowel substitutions. These borrowings have usually been connected to extinct Baltic dialects of the Dnepr and Oka basins, distinct from East Baltic. This article suggests some phonological and morphological evidence of an Old Latgalian origin for some Mordvin lexical items. They include (1) analogical a-present in OLtg *reďa ~ *redźa ‘to see’ → PMord. *räťa- ‘to notice’; (2) OLtg dź- → PMord. ś- in *śiŕä ‘good’, ?*śivä ‘wage’ and ?*śimeni ‘relative, friend’; (3) OLtg. ‐dź- → PMord. -ť- in *räťa-; (4) OLtg. -s- / ‐z‐ → PMord. -s- in *pusma ‘bunch, bundle’ and *riśmä ‘chain, rope’; (5) EBalt. ei ~ PMord. eji in *pejili ‘knife’ vs. EBalt. ie ~ PMord. e, i in *leppä ‘alder’ and *likä ‘another, else’. The article also presents new loan etymologies for PMord. *śiŕä ‘good’ and ?*śivä ‘wage’

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