Where does “metsävaahtera” come from?

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

metsävaahtera (Finnish): Norway maple maple species, usually called simply vaahtera, because it is the only maple species naturally occurring in Finland

Definitions

  1. Norway maple maple species, usually called simply vaahtera, because it is the only maple species naturally occurring in Finland

Ancestry of “metsävaahtera”, step by step

metsävaahtera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish vaahtera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahteramaple any tree of the genus
2Proto-Finnicvahteramaple
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →