Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/matadak
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Relationship to Erzya мадамо (madamo, “bridge”) has been proposed.
Verb
edit*matadak (stem *mata-)
- to creep
Derived terms
edit- *madëh (“burbot”)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Estonian: made (“stair; banister”)
- Finnish: mataa, madella
- → Swedish: (Finland dialects) matela
- Livonian: (Salaca) matt
References
edit- “made”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
External links
edit- Entry #1406 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.