Where does “lehtimetsä” come from?

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

lehtimetsä (Finnish): deciduous forest

Definitions

  1. deciduous forest

Ancestry of “lehtimetsä”, step by step

lehtimetsä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Ingrian lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlehtileaf

Words derived from “lehtimetsä”

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