Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëëtto

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 *mētō.

Noun

*mëëtto

  1. measure
    Synonym: *mitta

Inflection

Inflection of *mëëtto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mëëtto *mëët'ot
accusative *mëët'on *mëët'ot
genitive *mëët'on *mëëttodën
*mëëttoidën
partitive *mëëttoda *mëëttoida
inessive *mëët'ossa
*mëët'ohna 		*mëët'oissa
*mëët'oihna
elative *mëët'osta *mëët'oista
illative *mëëttohën *mëëttoihën
adessive *mëët'olla *mëët'oilla
ablative *mëët'olta *mëët'oilta
allative *mëëttolën
*mëëttolëk 		*mëëttoilën
*mëëttoilëk
essive *mëëttona *mëëttoina
translative *mëët'oksi *mëët'oiksi
instructive *mëët'on *mëët'oin
comitative *mëëttonëk *mëëttoinëk
abessive *mëët'otta *mëët'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: mõõt
  • Võro: myyt
  • Votic: mõõttu, (rare) mõõtto

Further reading

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