Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëëkka
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.
Noun
[edit]*mëëkka[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *mëëkka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mëëkka | *mëëk'at | |
| accusative | *mëëk'an | *mëëk'at | |
| genitive | *mëëk'an | *mëëkkadën *mëëkkoidën | |
| partitive | *mëëkkada | *mëëkkoida | |
| inessive | *mëëk'assa *mëëk'ahna |
*mëëk'oissa *mëëk'oihna | |
| elative | *mëëk'asta | *mëëk'oista | |
| illative | *mëëkkahën | *mëëkkoihën | |
| adessive | *mëëk'alla | *mëëk'oilla | |
| ablative | *mëëk'alta | *mëëk'oilta | |
| allative | *mëëkkalën *mëëkkalëk |
*mëëkkoilën *mëëkkoilëk | |
| essive | *mëëkkana | *mëëkkoina | |
| translative | *mëëk'aksi | *mëëk'oiksi | |
| instructive | *mëëk'an | *mëëk'oin | |
| comitative | *mëëkkanëk | *mëëkkoinëk | |
| abessive | *mëëk'atta | *mëëk'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: mõõk
- Finnish: miekka
- Ingrian: meekka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: mȭk
- Livvi: miekku
- Ludian: miek
- Veps: mek
- Võro: myyk
- Votic: mõõkkõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mõõk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012