Where does “metsämyyrä” come from?
metsämyyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.
metsämyyrä (Finnish): bank vole, Myodes glareolus
Definitions
- bank vole, Myodes glareolus
Ancestry of “metsämyyrä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | metsä | forest, woods; bush; hunting |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | *meccä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | medjas | — |
Words derived from “metsämyyrä”