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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

Etymology

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

Noun

*mët'os

  1. capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • mõtus in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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