Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mäkärä

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 *makara (whence Proto-Samic *muokēr), probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian makatas).

Noun

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*mäkärä

  1. blackfly, buffalo gnat (insect of the family Simuliidae)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: mägar (dialectal)
  • Finnish: mäkärä
  • Karelian: mäkärä (Northern), mägärä (Southern)
  • Ludian: mägär