Where does “galleriametsä” come from?

galleriametsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish galleria, from Italian galleria, from Late Latin galeria, from Late Latin galilaea, from Latin galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία, from Hebrew גָּלִיל.

galleriametsä (Finnish): gallery forest

Definitions

  1. gallery forest

Ancestry of “galleriametsä”, step by step

galleriametsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish galleria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgalleriagallery
2Italiangalleriatunnel; gallery, arcade; balcony, circle
3Late Latingaleria
4Late Latingalilaea
5Latingalilaeanominative feminine singular of galīlaeus;...
6Ancient GreekΓαλιλαίαGalilee
7Hebrewגָּלִיל

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä
3Proto-Balticmedjas
Every word from Hebrew גָּלִילEvery word from Ancient Greek ΓαλιλαίαEvery word from Latin galilaea