Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëëkka

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz, or if later, from Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis, “shortsword”).

Noun

*mëëkka[1]

  1. sword

Inflection

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

  • Estonian: mõõk
  • Finnish: miekka
  • Ingrian: meekka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: mȭk
  • Livvi: miekku
  • Ludian: miek
  • Veps: mek
  • Võro: myyk
  • Votic: mõõkkõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mëëkka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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