Where does “metsä-äes” come from?

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

metsä-äes (Finnish): disc trencher, forest trencher

Definitions

  1. disc trencher, forest trencher

Ancestry of “metsä-äes”, step by step

metsä-äes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish äes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäesharrow
2Proto-Finnicägesharrow
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →