Where does “metsäsaareke” come from?

metsäsaareke (Finnish) comes from Finnish saareke, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

metsäsaareke (Finnish): field copse, copse thicket of trees surrounded by a field or otherwise open terrain

Definitions

  1. field copse, copse thicket of trees surrounded by a field or otherwise open terrain

Ancestry of “metsäsaareke”, step by step

metsäsaareke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saareke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaarekeAn island; A small island, especially an...
2Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →