Where does “metsäkenguru” come from?

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

metsäkenguru (Finnish): brown dorcopsis, Dorcopsis muelleri

Definitions

  1. brown dorcopsis, Dorcopsis muelleri

Ancestry of “metsäkenguru”, step by step

metsäkenguru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish kenguru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengurukangaroo
2EnglishkangarooA member of the Macropodidae family of large...
3Guugu Yimidhirrgangurrularge grey or black kangaroo
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →