Where does “metsäkorte” come from?

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

metsäkorte (Finnish): wood horsetail

Definitions

  1. wood horsetail

Ancestry of “metsäkorte”, step by step

metsäkorte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish korte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkorteAny of the pteridophytic plants in the taxonomic...
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →