Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maku

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

*mak- +‎ *-u; derived from the same root as *makëda (*makjas).

Noun

*maku

  1. taste, flavour

Inflection

Inflection of *maku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *maku *magut
accusative *magun *magut
genitive *magun *makudën
*makuidën
partitive *makuda *makuida
inessive *magussa
*maguhna 		*maguissa
*maguihna
elative *magusta *maguista
illative *makuhën *makuihën
adessive *magulla *maguilla
ablative *magulta *maguilta
allative *makulën
*makulëk 		*makuilën
*makuilëk
essive *makuna *makuina
translative *maguksi *maguiksi
instructive *magun *maguin
comitative *makunëk *makuinëk
abessive *magutta *maguitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (archaic) magu, magus
  • Finnish: maku
  • Ingrian: maku
  • Karelian: maku, magu
  • Livonian: ma’g
  • Livvi: magu
  • Ludian: magu
  • Veps: magu
  • Võro: magu
  • Votic: maku

Further reading

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