Where does “metsätuho” come from?

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

metsätuho (Finnish): deforestation, destruction of forests

Definitions

  1. deforestation, destruction of forests

Ancestry of “metsätuho”, step by step

metsätuho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →