Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/matadak

This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic

Etymology

Unknown. Relationship to Erzya мадамо (madamo, “bridge”) has been proposed.

Verb

*matadak (stem *mata-)

1. to creep

Derived terms

• *madëh (“burbot”)

Related terms

• ? *matala (“low; shallow”)
• ? *mato (“worm”)

Descendants

• Estonian: made (“stair; banister”)
• Finnish: mataa, madella
  • → Swedish: (Finland dialects) matela
• Livonian: (Salaca) matt

References

• “made”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

External links

• Entry #1406 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.