Where does “metsä” come from?

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

metsä (Finnish): forest, woods; bush; hunting

Definitions

  1. forest, woods; bush; hunting

Ancestry of “metsä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic*meccä—
2Proto-Balticmedjas—

Words derived from “metsä”

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