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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mälvi

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

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

Noun

*mälvi

  1. bird's breast/chest

Inflection

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • mälv in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Entry #527 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
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