Where does “mäntymetsikkö” come from?

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

mäntymetsikkö (Finnish): small pine forest

Definitions

  1. small pine forest

Ancestry of “mäntymetsikkö”, step by step

mäntymetsikkö 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 mänty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
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