Where does “mallastaja” come from?

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

mallastaja (Finnish): maltster

Definitions

  1. maltster

Ancestry of “mallastaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallastaato malt
2Finnishmallasmalt
3Proto-Finnicmaldasmalt
4Proto-Germanicmaltazsoft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting; malt; soft,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
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