Where does “metsäpalsta” come from?

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

metsäpalsta (Finnish): wood lot, forest plot area of land used for forestry, e.g. the growing of firewood and timber

Definitions

  1. wood lot, forest plot area of land used for forestry, e.g. the growing of firewood and timber

Ancestry of “metsäpalsta”, step by step

metsäpalsta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish palsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalstalot, plot, parcel of land; column
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →