Where does “metsämaisema” come from?

metsämaisema (Finnish) comes from Finnish maisema, from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

metsämaisema (Finnish): forest landscape, forest view

Definitions

  1. forest landscape, forest view

Ancestry of “metsämaisema”, step by step

metsämaisema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maisema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaisemalandscape, view
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →