Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mët'os

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?] +‎ *-os.

Noun

*mët'os[1]

  1. capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Inflection

Inflection of *mët'os
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mët'os *mët'oksët
accusative *mët'oksën *mët'oksët
genitive *mët'oksën *mët'ostën
*mët'oksidën
partitive *mët'osta *mët'oksita
inessive *mët'oksëssa
*mët'oksëhna 		*mët'oksissa
*mët'oksihna
elative *mët'oksësta *mët'oksista
illative *mët'oksësën *mët'oksisën
adessive *mët'oksëlla *mët'oksilla
ablative *mët'oksëlta *mët'oksilta
allative *mët'oksëlën
*mët'oksëlëk 		*mët'oksilën
*mët'oksilëk
essive *mët'ossa *mët'oksina
translative *mët'oksëksi *mët'oksiksi
instructive *mët'oksën *mët'oksin
comitative *mët'ossëk *mët'oksinëk
abessive *mët'oksëtta *mët'oksitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: mõtus
  • Finnish: (dialectal) mettos
  • Livonian: mõtūks
  • Võro: mõtus

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mët̆tos”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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