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metso.

wood grouse, capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (large, black bird of grouse family)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmetso/[ˈme̞ts̠o̞]
  1. wood grouse, capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (large, black bird of grouse family)

Where this word comes from

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 (“forest”) + -o, but probably rather a folk-etymological adaptation of *mët'os.

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