Where does “metsätaival” come from?

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

metsätaival (Finnish): forest passage

Definitions

  1. forest passage

Ancestry of “metsätaival”, step by step

metsätaival traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish taival

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaivalpassage; the path between two adjacent bases,...
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →