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

Definitions

  1. forest product company

Ancestry of “metsäyhtiö”, step by step

metsäyhtiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhtiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhtiöcompany, corporation
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä
3Proto-Balticmedjas
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o