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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *meduz, or from Proto-Baltic *médu (whence Latvian medus and Lithuanian medus).
Noun edit
*mëtu
Inflection edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “mõdu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012