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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric + *-os.
Noun
*mët'os
- capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*mët'os
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*mët'oksët
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accusative
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*mët'oksën
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*mët'oksët
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genitive
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*mët'oksën
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*mët'ostën *mët'oksidën
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partitive
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*mët'osta
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*mët'oksita
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inessive
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*mët'oksëssa *mët'oksëhna
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*mët'oksissa *mët'oksihna
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elative
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*mët'oksësta
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*mët'oksista
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illative
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*mët'oksësën
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*mët'oksisën
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adessive
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*mët'oksëlla
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*mët'oksilla
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ablative
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*mët'oksëlta
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*mët'oksilta
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allative
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*mët'oksëlën *mët'oksëlëk
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*mët'oksilën *mët'oksilëk
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essive
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*mët'ossa
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*mët'oksina
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translative
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*mët'oksëksi
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*mët'oksiksi
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instructive
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*mët'oksën
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*mët'oksin
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comitative
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*mët'ossëk
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*mët'oksinëk
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abessive
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*mët'oksëtta
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*mët'oksitta
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “mõtus”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012