Where does “jalavametsikkö” come from?

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

jalavametsikkö (Finnish): small elm forest

Definitions

  1. small elm forest

Ancestry of “jalavametsikkö”, step by step

jalavametsikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmetsikköA small forest
2Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
3Proto-Finnic*meccä—
4Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Finnish jalava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalavaelm
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →