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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mükkä

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Permic *mükkä. Cognates include Proto-Samic *mëkkētēk (to stutter). Possibly ultimately borrowed from an Indo-European language, compare Sanskrit मूक (mūka).[1]

Adjective

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*mükkä[2]

  1. mute, dumb

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: mykkä
    • Estonian: mükk (dialectal)
  • Ingrian: mykkä
  • Karelian: mykkä
  • Votic: müttše

Further reading

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  1. ^ Parpola, Asko: New Etymologies For Some Finnish Words [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mükkä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)