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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mët'os

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*mët'os[1]

  1. capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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

Further reading

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