Where does “sademetsä” come from?
sademetsä (Finnish) comes from German Regenwald, from German wald, from Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
sademetsä (Finnish): rainforest
Ancestry of “sademetsä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Regenwald | rainforest |
| 2 | German | wald | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | walt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wald | forest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |