Where does “тон” come from?

тон (Erzya) comes from Proto-Mordvinic *ton, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

тон (Erzya): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “тон”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mordvinic*tonSecond-person singular pronoun: you
2Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Mordvinic *ton →
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