Where does “metsämänty” come from?
metsämänty (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.
metsämänty (Finnish): Scots pine
Ancestry of “metsämänty”, step by step
metsämänty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish metsä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | metsä | forest, woods; bush; hunting |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | *meccä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | medjas | — |
via Finnish mänty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mänty | pine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mäntü | pine |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | mäntä | mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine |