Where does “kylvömetsä” come from?

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

kylvömetsä (Finnish): seeding forest forest that has been renewed by sowing seeds rather than by planting seedlings

Definitions

  1. seeding forest forest that has been renewed by sowing seeds rather than by planting seedlings

Ancestry of “kylvömetsä”, step by step

kylvömetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish kylvö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylvösowing, planting
2Finnishkylvääto sow
3Proto-Finnickülvädäkto sow, to disperse
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