Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mët'os

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

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

Noun edit

*mët'os

  1. capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

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