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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/metu
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *meduz, or from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian medus and Lithuanian medus).
Noun
*metu
- mead
Inflection
Inflection of *metu
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *metu | *medut | |
accusative | *medun | *medut | |
genitive | *medun | *metuden *metuiden | |
partitive | *metuda | *metuida | |
inessive | *medussa | *meduissa | |
elative | *medusta | *meduista | |
illative | *metuhen | *metuihen | |
adessive | *medulla | *meduilla | |
ablative | *medulta | *meduilta | |
allative | *metulek | *metuilek | |
essive | *metuna | *metuina | |
translative | *meduksi | *meduiksi | |
instructive | *medun | *meduin | |
comitative | *metunek | *metuinek | |
abessive | *medukta | *meduikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: mõdu
- Finnish: metu (obsolete)
- Võro: mõdu
- Votic: mõtu
Further reading
- mõdu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN