Where does “haaskametsästys” come from?

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

haaskametsästys (Finnish): The practice or instance of hunting carnivores...

Definitions

  1. The practice or instance of hunting carnivores...

Ancestry of “haaskametsästys”, step by step

haaskametsästys 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 haaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaaskathe carcass of an animal; carcass used as bait...
2Finnishhaja-scattered, dispersed
3Proto-Germanicsājan-—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →