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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably originally a variant of *mët'os, which has been contaminated with *meccä. Contains the suffix + *-oi.
Noun
*meccoi
- capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
- Synonym: *mët'os
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.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*meccoi
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*mec'oit
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accusative
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*mec'oin
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*mec'oit
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genitive
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*mec'oin
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*meccoidën *meccoidën
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partitive
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*meccoida
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*meccoida
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inessive
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*mec'oissa *mec'oihna
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*mec'oissa *mec'oihna
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elative
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*mec'oista
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*mec'oista
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illative
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*meccoihën
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*meccoihën
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adessive
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*mec'oilla
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*mec'oilla
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ablative
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*mec'oilta
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*mec'oilta
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allative
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*meccoilën *meccoilëk
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*meccoilën *meccoilëk
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essive
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*meccoina
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*meccoina
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translative
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*mec'oiksi
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*mec'oiksi
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instructive
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*mec'oin
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*mec'oin
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comitative
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*meccoinëk
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*meccoinëk
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abessive
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*mec'oitta
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*mec'oitta
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Descendants
Further reading
- “metsis”, in 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; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN