Where does “metsänhakkaus” come from?

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

metsänhakkaus (Finnish): logging, timber harvesting, cutting down a forest

Definitions

  1. logging, timber harvesting, cutting down a forest

Ancestry of “metsänhakkaus”, step by step

metsänhakkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish hakkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakkauscutting
2Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
3Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →
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