Where does “metsäkorte” come from?
metsäkorte (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.
metsäkorte (Finnish): wood horsetail
Ancestry of “metsäkorte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | metsä | forest, woods; bush; hunting |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | *meccä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | medjas | — |