Where does “metsäpapurikko” come from?

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

metsäpapurikko (Finnish): northern wall brown, Lasiommata petropolitana butterfly of family Nymphalidae, found in large parts of Europe, Russia and Siberia

Definitions

  1. northern wall brown, Lasiommata petropolitana butterfly of family Nymphalidae, found in large parts of Europe, Russia and Siberia

Ancestry of “metsäpapurikko”, step by step

metsäpapurikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish papurikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpapurikkodapple horse
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →