Where does “metsälovisammal” come from?

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

metsälovisammal (Finnish): droplet notchwort, Lophozia guttulata widespread circumboreal species of liverwort

Definitions

  1. droplet notchwort, Lophozia guttulata widespread circumboreal species of liverwort

Ancestry of “metsälovisammal”, step by step

metsälovisammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish lovisammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlovisammalAny member of Lophozia, a cosmopolitan genus of liverworts
2Finnishlovicleft; notch; mortise
3Proto-Germanicklubô—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →