Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mala

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian mala, Lithuanian mala).

Noun[edit]

*mala[1]

  1. shore, edge

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: (obsolete?) mala

From *malo:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) malo
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: malo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mala”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading[edit]

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “malo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN