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

peuranmetsästys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästys

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

via Finnish peura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeuraa reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pëtra—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →