Where does “ohramallas” come from?

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

ohramallas (Finnish): barley malt

Definitions

  1. barley malt

Ancestry of “ohramallas”, step by step

ohramallas 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 ohra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrabarley
2Proto-Finnicocrabarley
3Proto-Balticaśrassharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maltaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic maldas →