Where does “metsänleimaus” come from?

metsänleimaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish leimaus, from Finnish leimata, from Finnish leima, from Russian клеймо́ — brand, stamp, identification mark.

metsänleimaus (Finnish): forest marking

Definitions

  1. forest marking

Ancestry of “metsänleimaus”, step by step

metsänleimaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leimaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleimausstamping; tainting, stigmatizing
2Finnishleimatato stamp; to denounce; to taint a person's...
3Finnishleimastamp; label, mark; stain, taint, stigma
4Russianклеймо́brand, stamp, identification mark

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Russian клеймо́ →Every word from Finnish leima →Every word from Finnish leimata →