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Where does “mets” come from?

mets (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

mets (Estonian): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “mets”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic*meccä—
2Proto-Balticmedjas—

Words derived from “mets”

  • metssiga
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