Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëtu

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 either from Proto-Germanic *meduz, or from Proto-Baltic *médu (whence Latvian medus and Lithuanian medus).

Noun

*mëtu[1]

  1. mead

Inflection

Inflection of *mëtu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mëtu *mëdut
accusative *mëdun *mëdut
genitive *mëdun *mëtudën
*mëtuidën
partitive *mëtuda *mëtuida
inessive *mëdussa
*mëduhna 		*mëduissa
*mëduihna
elative *mëdusta *mëduista
illative *mëtuhën *mëtuihën
adessive *mëdulla *mëduilla
ablative *mëdulta *mëduilta
allative *mëtulën
*mëtulëk 		*mëtuilën
*mëtuilëk
essive *mëtuna *mëtuina
translative *mëduksi *mëduiksi
instructive *mëdun *mëduin
comitative *mëtunëk *mëtuinëk
abessive *mëdutta *mëduitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: mõdu
  • Finnish: metu (obsolete)
  • Võro: mõdu
  • Votic: (Kattila) mõtu

References

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

Further reading

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