Where does “mangrovemetsä” come from?

mangrovemetsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mangrove, from English mangrove, from English mangrow, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle — mangrove.

mangrovemetsä (Finnish): mangrove forest

Definitions

  1. mangrove forest

Ancestry of “mangrovemetsä”, step by step

mangrovemetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mangrove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmangrovemangrove all senses
2EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
3Englishmangrow—
4Portuguesemanguemangrove
5Spanishmanglemangrove

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →