Where does “metsähake” come from?

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

metsähake (Finnish): forest wood chip

Definitions

  1. forest wood chip

Ancestry of “metsähake”, step by step

metsähake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish hake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakewoodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel
2Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
3Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →
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