Where does “metsäkarju” come from?

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

Ancestry of “metsäkarju”, step by step

metsäkarju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish karju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarjuboar; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnishkarjuato roar, bellow, shout, holler; Partitive...
3Proto-Finnickarjudakto roar, to shout

Words derived from “metsäkarju”

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