Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mulkku

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

Unknown.

Noun

*mulkku

1. penis, testicle
2. hole, opening

Inflection

Inflection of *mulkku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*mulkku	*mulk'ut
accusative		*mulk'un	*mulk'ut
genitive		*mulk'un	*mulkkudën *mulkkuidën
partitive		*mulkkuda	*mulkkuida
inessive		*mulk'ussa *mulk'uhna	*mulk'uissa *mulk'uihna
elative		*mulk'usta	*mulk'uista
illative		*mulkkuhën	*mulkkuihën
adessive		*mulk'ulla	*mulk'uilla
ablative		*mulk'ulta	*mulk'uilta
allative		*mulkkulën *mulkkulëk	*mulkkuilën *mulkkuilëk
essive		*mulkkuna	*mulkkuina
translative		*mulk'uksi	*mulk'uiksi
instructive		*mulk'un	*mulk'uin
comitative		*mulkkunëk	*mulkkuinëk
abessive		*mulk'utta	*mulk'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: mulk
• Finnish: mulkku
• Ingrian: mulkku
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: mulkku
  • South Karelian: mulkku
• Livonian: mulk
• Livvi: mulkku
• Võro: mulk
• Votic: mulkku

Further reading

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