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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/makkara

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to *mako. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian maks, Lithuanian makas) + *-ra.

Noun

*makkara

  1. sausage

Inflection

Descendants

From *makkara:

  • Finnish: makkara
  • Ingrian: makkara
  • Karelian: makkara
  • Votic: (Pummala) makkara

From *makki:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) makk

Further reading

  • makk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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