Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mükkä

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *mükkä.[1] Cognates include Proto-Samic *mëkkētēk (“to stutter”). Possibly ultimately borrowed from an Indo-European language, compare Sanskrit मूक (mūka).[2]

Adjective

*mükkä[3]

  1. mute, dumb

Inflection

Inflection of *mükkä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mükkä *mük'ät
accusative *mük'än *mük'ät
genitive *mük'än *mükkäden
*mükkeiden
partitive *mükkädä *mükkeidä
inessive *mük'ässä
*mük'ähnä 		*mük'eissä
*mük'eihnä
elative *mük'ästä *mük'eistä
illative *mükkähen *mükkeihen
adessive *mük'ällä *mük'eillä
ablative *mük'ältä *mük'eiltä
allative *mükkälen
*mükkälek 		*mükkeilen
*mükkeilek
essive *mükkänä *mükkeinä
translative *mük'äksi *mük'eiksi
instructive *mük'än *mük'ein
comitative *mükkänek *mükkeinek
abessive *mük'ättä *mük'eittä

Descendants

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

Further reading

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “mykkä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Parpola, Asko: New Etymologies For Some Finnish Words [2]
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*mükkä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[3] (in Finnish)
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