From Proto-Finnic *meccoi. Cognates include Ingrian metso, Livvi mečoi, Veps mecoi, Votic mettso, Ludian metšoi, Karelian meččo and possibly also Estonian metsis. Superficially metsä + -o, but probably rather a folk-etymological adaptation of *mët'os.
metso
Inflection of metso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | metso | metsot | |
genitive | metson | metsojen | |
partitive | metsoa | metsoja | |
illative | metsoon | metsoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | metso | metsot | |
accusative | nom. | metso | metsot |
gen. | metson | ||
genitive | metson | metsojen | |
partitive | metsoa | metsoja | |
inessive | metsossa | metsoissa | |
elative | metsosta | metsoista | |
illative | metsoon | metsoihin | |
adessive | metsolla | metsoilla | |
ablative | metsolta | metsoilta | |
allative | metsolle | metsoille | |
essive | metsona | metsoina | |
translative | metsoksi | metsoiksi | |
abessive | metsotta | metsoitta | |
instructive | — | metsoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
mḕtsō m (possessed form mḕtson)
From Proto-Finnic *meccoi, equivalent to metsä (“forest”) + -o. Cognates include Finnish metso and Veps mecoi.
metso
Declension of metso (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | metso | metsot |
genitive | metson | metsoin, metsoloin |
partitive | metsoa | metsoja, metsoloja |
illative | metsoo | metsoi, metsoloihe |
inessive | metsoos | metsois, metsolois |
elative | metsost | metsoist, metsoloist |
allative | metsolle | metsoille, metsoloille |
adessive | metsool | metsoil, metsoloil |
ablative | metsolt | metsoilt, metsoloilt |
translative | metsoks | metsoiks, metsoloiks |
essive | metsonna, metsoon | metsoinna, metsoloinna, metsoin, metsoloin |
exessive1) | metsont | metsoint, metsoloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |