Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mäihä

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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From earlier *majša / *mäjšä (whence also Proto-Samic *muojsē, from the former). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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*mäihä

  1. cambium (layer of cells in the trunk of trees)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: mähk
  • Finnish: mäihä
  • Veps: mäjaz, möüväz
  • Võro: mäih
  • Votic: mähä

Further reading

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