Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/möötä

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

*möö- +‎ *-tä

Adverb

*möötä

  1. along

Descendants

  • Estonian: mööda
  • Finnish: myötä
  • Ingrian: möötä, mööt
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: myötäh
    • South Karelian: myödäh
  • Livvi: myödäh
  • Livonian: mīedõ
  • Ludian: müödäh
  • Veps: möto
    • Veps: -dme
    • Veps: mödhe
  • Votic: müütä
  • Proto-Samic: *mietē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “myö-”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN