Where does “lähimetsä” come from?

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

lähimetsä (Finnish): a forest (usually a small one) located within or close to a residential area

Definitions

  1. a forest (usually a small one) located within or close to a residential area

Ancestry of “lähimetsä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →