Where does “haukkametsästys” come from?

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

haukkametsästys (Finnish): falconry breeding or training hawks for hunting

Definitions

  1. falconry breeding or training hawks for hunting

Ancestry of “haukkametsästys”, step by step

haukkametsästys 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 haukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaukkahawk; bite
2Proto-Finnichabukkahawk, falcon
3Proto-Germanichabukazhawk
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →