Where does “seiväsmetsä” come from?

seiväsmetsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

seiväsmetsä (Finnish): forest of thin trees or pole trees

Definitions

  1. forest of thin trees or pole trees

Ancestry of “seiväsmetsä”, step by step

seiväsmetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Finnish seiväs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseiväspole, stake
2Proto-Finnicsaibaspole, stake
3Proto-Balticstaipas—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →