Where does “metsäapila” come from?

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

metsäapila (Finnish): zigzag clover

Definitions

  1. zigzag clover

Ancestry of “metsäapila”, step by step

metsäapila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish apila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapilaclover
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →