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 גָּלִיל →Every word from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία →Every word from Latin galilaea →