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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meccoi
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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
Etymology
Probably originally a variant of *mët'os, which has been contaminated with *meccä. Contains the suffix + *-oi.
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
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] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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