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Where does “peuranmetsästys” come from?

peuranmetsästys (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsästys, from Finnish metsästää, from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

peuranmetsästys (Finnish): deer hunting

Definitions

  1. deer hunting

Ancestry of “peuranmetsästys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsästyshunting
2Finnishmetsästääto hunt
3Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
4Proto-Finnic*meccä—
5Proto-Balticmedjas—
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