Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/matadak

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

Etymology

Unknown. Relationship to Erzya мадамо (madamo, “bridge”) has been proposed.

Verb

*matadak (stem *mata-)^[1]

to creep

Derived terms

*madëh (“burbot”)

Related terms

? *matala (“low; shallow”)
? *mato (“worm”)

Descendants

⇒ Estonian: made (“stair; banister”)
Finnish: mataa, ⇒ madella
- → Swedish: (Finland Swedish) matela
Livonian: (Salaca) matt

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mata-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“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]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

External links

Entry #1406 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mata-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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