Where does “karhunmetsästys” come from?

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

karhunmetsästys (Finnish): bear hunting

Definitions

  1. bear hunting

Ancestry of “karhunmetsästys”, step by step

karhunmetsästys 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 Karhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKarhuA major brand of beer in Finland
2Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
3Proto-Finnickarhubear
4Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →