Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/makkara

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. Possibly related to *mako. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian maks, Lithuanian makas) +‎ *-ra.

Noun

*makkara

  1. sausage

Inflection

Inflection of *makkara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *makkara *makkarat
accusative *makkaran *makkarat
genitive *makkaran *makkaradën
*makkaroidën
partitive *makkarata *makkaroita
inessive *makkarassa
*makkarahna 		*makkaroissa
*makkaroihna
elative *makkarasta *makkaroista
illative *makkarasën *makkaroisën
adessive *makkaralla *makkaroilla
ablative *makkaralta *makkaroilta
allative *makkaralën
*makkaralëk 		*makkaroilën
*makkaroilëk
essive *makkarana *makkaroina
translative *makkaraksi *makkaroiksi
instructive *makkaran *makkaroin
comitative *makkaranëk *makkaroinëk
abessive *makkaratta *makkaroitta

Descendants

From *makkara:

  • Finnish: makkara
  • Ingrian: makkara
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: (dialectal) makkara
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) makkara
  • Livvi: (dialectal) makkar
  • Votic: makkõrõ, (Pummala) makkara

From *makki:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) makk

Further reading

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