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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëtu

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

Descendants

  • Estonian: mõdu
  • Finnish: metu (obsolete)
  • Võro: mõdu
  • Votic: (Kattila) mõtu

Further reading

  • mõdu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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