Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mardas

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * 1) dead
 * 2) dying

Usage notes
May have been used to form a compound noun meaning "epidermis", though the precise formation is unrecoverable. Compare e.g. Estonian, Finnish , Ingrian , Karelian , Ludian , Livonian (the second component being variably from , , ).