Where does “metsäpalo” come from?

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

metsäpalo (Finnish): forest fire

Definitions

  1. forest fire

Ancestry of “metsäpalo”, step by step

metsäpalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—

Words derived from “metsäpalo”

Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →