Where does “mallas” come from?

mallas (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic maldas, from Proto-Germanic maltaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

mallas (Finnish): malt

Definitions

  1. malt

Ancestry of “mallas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmaldasmalt
2Proto-Germanicmaltazsoft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting; malt; soft,...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

Words derived from “mallas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maltaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic maldas →