Where does “metsätuomi” come from?

metsätuomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuomi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

metsätuomi (Finnish): bird cherry, "Prunus padus"

Definitions

  1. bird cherry, "Prunus padus"

Ancestry of “metsätuomi”, step by step

metsätuomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuomibird cherry, hackberry, hagberry "Prunus padus";...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish metsä

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