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
Ancestry of “ohramallas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mallas | malt |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maldas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | maltaz | soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting; malt; soft,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |