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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëtu

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

Noun

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*mëtu[1]

  1. mead

Inflection

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Descendants

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

References

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

Further reading

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