Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mädähnä

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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]

Possibly derived from *mätä. Related to North Sámi *meađđemat, probably from a Proto-Finno-Sámic form *mäδV(mä).

Noun[edit]

*mädähnä

  1. roe (of fish)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland