Where does “metsälepakko” come from?

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

metsälepakko (Finnish): lesser noctule, Leisler's bat, Irish bat

Definitions

  1. lesser noctule, Leisler's bat, Irish bat

Ancestry of “metsälepakko”, step by step

metsälepakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish lepakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlepakkobat; lesbian, dyke
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →