Where does “metsälampi” come from?

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

metsälampi (Finnish): forest pond

Definitions

  1. forest pond

Ancestry of “metsälampi”, step by step

metsälampi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish lampi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlampipond
2Proto-Finniclampipond small lake
3Proto-Uraliclëmpe—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →