Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/moisa

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

Unknown.

Noun

*moisa[1]

  1. large farm, farmstead

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: mõis
  • Finnish: moisio
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: mȯizõ
    • Vidzeme Livonian: moiz
      • Latvian: muiža
  • Võro: mõisa
  • Votic: mõizõ
  • Russian: мыза (myza)

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*moisa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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