Where does “metsik” come from?

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

metsik (Estonian): wild

Definitions

  1. wild

Ancestry of “metsik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmetsforest
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Estonian mets →
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