Where does “haapametsä” come from?

haapametsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

haapametsä (Finnish): aspen forest

Definitions

  1. aspen forest

Ancestry of “haapametsä”, step by step

haapametsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Finnish haapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaapaaspen; common aspen
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →