Where does “metsäoja” come from?

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

metsäoja (Finnish): forest ditch

Definitions

  1. forest ditch

Ancestry of “metsäoja”, step by step

metsäoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish oja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishojaditch, trench; small natural brook
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →