Where does “vihmamets” come from?

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

vihmamets (Estonian): rainforest

Definitions

  1. rainforest

Ancestry of “vihmamets”, step by step

vihmamets traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian mets

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmetsforest
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Estonian vihm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvihmrain
2Proto-Finnicvihmarain
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Estonian mets →