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. 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

Further reading

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