Where does “metsäyhtiö” come from?
metsäyhtiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhtiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
metsäyhtiö (Finnish): forest product company
Ancestry of “metsäyhtiö”, step by step
metsäyhtiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yhtiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhtiö | company, corporation |
| 2 | Finnish | -io | Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish metsä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | metsä | forest, woods; bush; hunting |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | *meccä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | medjas | — |