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

deer hunting

Ancestry of “peuranmetsästys”, step by step

peuranmetsästys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästys

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	metsästys	hunting
2	Finnish	metsästää	to hunt
3	Finnish	metsä	forest, woods; bush; hunting
4	Proto-Finnic	*meccä	—
5	Proto-Baltic	medjas	—

via Finnish peura

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	peura	a reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to...
2	Proto-Finno-Ugric	*pëtra	—

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