Where does “havumetsä” come from?

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

havumetsä (Finnish): coniferous forest

Definitions

  1. coniferous forest

Ancestry of “havumetsä”, step by step

havumetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish havu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhavufresh sprig or small branch of a coniferous tree;...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*havu—

Words derived from “havumetsä”

Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →
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