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Where does “metsävaahtera” come from?

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

metsävaahtera (Finnish): Norway maple , usually called simply vaahtera ,...

Definitions

  1. Norway maple , usually called simply vaahtera ,...

Ancestry of “metsävaahtera”, step by step

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