Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mullikka

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

From *mulli +‎ *-kka, probably ultimately derived from *muu. Compare Estonian mullu (“last year”), Karelian mulloine (“of last year's”).

Noun

*mullikka[1]

  1. bull calf
  2. heifer

Inflection

Inflection of *mullikka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mullikka *mullik'at
accusative *mullik'an *mullik'at
genitive *mullik'an *mullikkadën
*mullikkoidën
partitive *mullikkata *mullikkoita
inessive *mullik'assa
*mullik'ahna 		*mullik'oissa
*mullik'oihna
elative *mullik'asta *mullik'oista
illative *mullikkasën *mullikkoisën
adessive *mullik'alla *mullik'oilla
ablative *mullik'alta *mullik'oilta
allative *mullikkalën
*mullikkalëk 		*mullikkoilën
*mullikkoilëk
essive *mullikkana *mullikkoina
translative *mullik'aksi *mullik'oiksi
instructive *mullik'an *mullik'oin
comitative *mullikkanëk *mullikkoinëk
abessive *mullik'atta *mullik'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: mullikas, (dialectal) mullik
  • Finnish: mullikka
  • Ingrian: mullikka
  • Votic: mullikkõ

References

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

Further reading

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