Where does “metsävaurio” come from?

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

metsävaurio (Finnish): forest damage

Definitions

  1. forest damage

Ancestry of “metsävaurio”, step by step

metsävaurio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish vaurio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauriodamage
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →