Where does “mallastaa” come from?

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

mallastaa (Finnish): to malt

Definitions

  1. to malt

Ancestry of “mallastaa”, step by step

mallastaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mallas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallasmalt
2Proto-Finnicmaldasmalt
3Proto-Germanicmaltazsoft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting; malt; soft,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “mallastaa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →