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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *meduz, or from Proto-Baltic *médu (whence Latvian medus and Lithuanian medus).
Noun
*mëtu[1]
- mead
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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*mëtu
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*mëdut
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accusative
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*mëdun
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*mëdut
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genitive
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*mëdun
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*mëtudën *mëtuidën
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partitive
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*mëtuda
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*mëtuida
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inessive
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*mëdussa *mëduhna
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*mëduissa *mëduihna
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elative
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*mëdusta
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*mëduista
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illative
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*mëtuhën
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*mëtuihën
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adessive
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*mëdulla
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*mëduilla
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ablative
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*mëdulta
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*mëduilta
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allative
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*mëtulën *mëtulëk
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*mëtuilën *mëtuilëk
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essive
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*mëtuna
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*mëtuina
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translative
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*mëduksi
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*mëduiksi
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instructive
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*mëdun
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*mëduin
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comitative
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*mëtunëk
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*mëtuinëk
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abessive
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*mëdutta
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*mëduitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mëtu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “mõdu”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012