Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/malcca

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse , from Proto-Germanic *meldǭ.

Noun

*malcca[1]

  1. orach, saltbush (plant of the genus Atriplex)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: malts
  • Finnish: maltsa
  • Veps: mouc- (in compound: mouchein)
  • Võro: malts

References

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

Further reading

  • malts”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012