Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meccoi

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

Probably originally a variant of *mët'os, which has been contaminated with *meccä. Contains the suffix +‎ *-oi.

Noun

*meccoi

1. capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

   Synonym: *mët'os

Inflection

Inflection of *meccoi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*meccoi	*mec'oit
accusative		*mec'oin	*mec'oit
genitive		*mec'oin	*meccoidën *meccoidën
partitive		*meccoida	*meccoida
inessive		*mec'oissa *mec'oihna	*mec'oissa *mec'oihna
elative		*mec'oista	*mec'oista
illative		*meccoihën	*meccoihën
adessive		*mec'oilla	*mec'oilla
ablative		*mec'oilta	*mec'oilta
allative		*meccoilën *meccoilëk	*meccoilën *meccoilëk
essive		*meccoina	*meccoina
translative		*mec'oiksi	*mec'oiksi
instructive		*mec'oin	*mec'oin
comitative		*meccoinëk	*meccoinëk
abessive		*mec'oitta	*mec'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ⇒ metsis
• Finnish: metso
• Ingrian: metso
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: meččo
  • South Karelian: meččo
• Livvi: mečoi
• Ludian: mecoi, mečoi
• Veps: mecoi
• Votic: mettso

Further reading

• “metsis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “metso”, 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