Where does “pyökkimetsä” come from?

pyökkimetsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyökki, from Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

pyökkimetsä (Finnish): beech forest

Definitions

  1. beech forest

Ancestry of “pyökkimetsä”, step by step

pyökkimetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyökki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyökkibeech
2Old Swedishbōkbook
3Old Norsebókbeech; textile fabric with figures woven in it;...
4Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōks →Every word from Old Norse bók →