Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mälvi

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mälke, with irregular change of *-lk- > *-lv-.

Noun[edit]

*mälvi

  1. bird's breast/chest

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: mälv
  • Finnish: (dialectal) mälvi
  • Karelian: mälvi
  • Võro: mälv'

Further reading[edit]

  • mälv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #527 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.