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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/malcca
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *meldǭ.
Noun
*malcca
- orach, saltbush (plant of the genus Atriplex)
Inflection
Inflection of *malcca
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *malcca | *malc'at | |
accusative | *malc'an | *malc'at | |
genitive | *malc'an | *malccaden *malccoiden | |
partitive | *malccada | *malccoida | |
inessive | *malc'assa | *malc'oissa | |
elative | *malc'asta | *malc'oista | |
illative | *malccahen | *malccoihen | |
adessive | *malc'alla | *malc'oilla | |
ablative | *malc'alta | *malc'oilta | |
allative | *malccalek | *malccoilek | |
essive | *malccana | *malccoina | |
translative | *malc'aksi | *malc'oiksi | |
instructive | *malc'an | *malc'oin | |
comitative | *malccanek | *malccoinek | |
abessive | *malc'akta | *malc'oikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: malts
- Finnish: maltsa
- Veps: mouc- (in compound: mouchein)
- Võro: malts
Further reading
- malts in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN