Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëëtto

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mētō.

Noun

*mëëtto

1. measure

   Synonym: *mitta

Inflection

Inflection of *mëëtto

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*mëëtto	*mëët'ot
accusative		*mëët'on	*mëët'ot
genitive		*mëët'on	*mëëttodën *mëëttoidën
partitive		*mëëttoda	*mëëttoida
inessive		*mëët'ossa *mëët'ohna	*mëët'oissa *mëët'oihna
elative		*mëët'osta	*mëët'oista
illative		*mëëttohën	*mëëttoihën
adessive		*mëët'olla	*mëët'oilla
ablative		*mëët'olta	*mëët'oilta
allative		*mëëttolën *mëëttolëk	*mëëttoilën *mëëttoilëk
essive		*mëëttona	*mëëttoina
translative		*mëët'oksi	*mëët'oiksi
instructive		*mëët'on	*mëët'oin
comitative		*mëëttonëk	*mëëttoinëk
abessive		*mëët'otta	*mëët'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: mõõt
• Võro: myyt
• Votic: mõõttu, (rare) mõõtto

Further reading

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