Where does “metsäviklo” come from?

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

metsäviklo (Finnish): green sandpiper

Definitions

  1. green sandpiper

Ancestry of “metsäviklo”, step by step

metsäviklo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Finnish viklo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviklosandpiper, redshank, greenshank, yellowlegs,...
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →