metso.
wood grouse, capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (large, black bird of grouse family)
Meaning & usage
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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