Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mädähnä

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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*mädähnä

  1. roe (of fish)

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • 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