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 from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Noun

*mëëkka

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
  • → Inari Sami: miekki
  • → Northern Sami: miehkki
  • → Akkala Sami: ме̄кь (m’ēk’)
  • → Kildin Sami: мӣһкь (mīhk’)
• Ingrian: meekka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: miekka
  • South Karelian: miekka
• Livonian: mȭk
• Livvi: miekku
• Ludian: miek
• Veps: mek
• Võro: myyk
• Votic: mõõkkõ

Further reading

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