Revisiting the Etymology of the Ethnonym Mordva
The Russian term for the Erzya and Moksha Peoples, Mordva, attested since the 12th century, is an exoethnonym with no roots in the Mordvinic languages. The common theory that it was formed with the Russian collective suffix -va is inaccurate, as this suffix, in combination with nominal stems, likely...
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Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Вопросы ономастики |
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| Online Access: | https://onomastics.ru/en/content/2024-volume-21-issue-3-0 |
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