Where does “metsähallinto” come from?

metsähallinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish hallinto, from Finnish hallita, from Finnish -ita, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

metsähallinto (Finnish): forest administration, forest governance

Definitions

  1. forest administration, forest governance

Ancestry of “metsähallinto”, step by step

metsähallinto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hallinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhallintogovernment, management, administration
2Finnishhallitato rule, govern, reign, administer, command; to...
3Finnish-itaForms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some...
4Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'ak →Every word from Finnish -ita →Every word from Finnish hallita →