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Where does “metso” come from?

metso (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic meccoi.

metso (Finnish): wood grouse, capercaillie, "Tetrao urogallus"

Definitions

  1. wood grouse, capercaillie, "Tetrao urogallus"

Ancestry of “metso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmeccoi—

Words derived from “metso”

  • metsokukko
  • ukkometso
  • karimetso
  • siperianmetso
  • amerikanmerimetso
  • merimetso
Every word from Proto-Finnic meccoi →