melt- + -o. The root is probably borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”), such as Old Norse *smelta or Old Swedish smælta.
melto (comparative mellompi, superlative melloin)
| Inflection of melto (Kotus type 1*I/valo, lt-ll gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | melto | mellot | |
| genitive | mellon | meltojen | |
| partitive | meltoa | meltoja | |
| illative | meltoon | meltoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | melto | mellot | |
| accusative | nom. | melto | mellot |
| gen. | mellon | ||
| genitive | mellon | meltojen | |
| partitive | meltoa | meltoja | |
| inessive | mellossa | melloissa | |
| elative | mellosta | melloista | |
| illative | meltoon | meltoihin | |
| adessive | mellolla | melloilla | |
| ablative | mellolta | melloilta | |
| allative | mellolle | melloille | |
| essive | meltona | meltoina | |
| translative | melloksi | melloiksi | |
| abessive | mellotta | melloitta | |
| instructive | — | melloin | |
| comitative | — | meltoine | |
Ultimately from Russian мел (mel). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
melto
| Declension of melto (type II/võrkko, lt-ll gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | melto | mellod |
| genitive | mello | meltojõ, meltoi |
| partitive | meltoa | meltoitõ, meltoi |
| illative | meltosõ, melto | meltoisõ |
| inessive | melloz | meltoiz |
| elative | mellossõ | meltoissõ |
| allative | mellolõ | meltoilõ |
| adessive | mellollõ | meltoillõ |
| ablative | melloltõ | meltoiltõ |
| translative | mellossi | meltoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||