Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/malcca

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 [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *meldǭ.

Noun

*malcca

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

Inflection

Inflection of *malcca

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*malcca	*malc'at
accusative		*malc'an	*malc'at
genitive		*malc'an	*malccadën *malccoidën
partitive		*malccada	*malccoida
inessive		*malc'assa *malc'ahna	*malc'oissa *malc'oihna
elative		*malc'asta	*malc'oista
illative		*malccahën	*malccoihën
adessive		*malc'alla	*malc'oilla
ablative		*malc'alta	*malc'oilta
allative		*malccalën *malccalëk	*malccoilën *malccoilëk
essive		*malccana	*malccoina
translative		*malc'aksi	*malc'oiksi
instructive		*malc'an	*malc'oin
comitative		*malccanëk	*malccoinëk
abessive		*malc'atta	*malc'oitta

Descendants

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

Further reading

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