Edge, border, separation: etymological marginalia

This paper discusses three lexemes found in Western Uralic languages, for which no Samoyed cognate has previously been suggested: 1) Fi malo ’ending, edge; beach’ ~ MdE, MdM mala- ’near’ ~ SaaL muolōs ’thawed place near the beach of a lake in spring’ (?PU *mala), 2) PSaa *loŋke-, *loŋk-o- ’to remove turf or tree bark’ > Fi luŋka ’easily detachable tree bark’ (?PU *luŋka-), and 3) PU *wäri(-) ’hillside; roll down’. While the Proto-Uralic origin of *wäri(-) has been generally accepted, the first two lexemes have previously been considered borrowings from Baltic into Uralic. In this paper, I suggest possible Samoyed cognates for all of these words, arguing for their Proto-Uralic origin. If the Samoyed cognates are accepted, the previously suggested Baltic etymologies will have to be reconsidered.