Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mätä

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

Unknown.

Noun edit

*mätä

  1. pus

Adjective edit

*mätä

  1. rotten

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: mäda
  • Finnish: mätä
  • Ingrian: mätä
  • Võro: mädä
  • Votic: mätä

Further reading edit

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