Where does “aarteenmetsästys” come from?

aarteenmetsästys (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsästys, from Finnish metsästää, from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

aarteenmetsästys (Finnish): treasure hunt

Definitions

  1. treasure hunt

Ancestry of “aarteenmetsästys”, step by step

aarteenmetsästys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsästyshunting
2Finnishmetsästääto hunt
3Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
4Proto-Finnic*meccä—
5Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Finnish aarre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaarretreasure; treasure trove
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →