Where does “suometsä” come from?

suometsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

suometsä (Finnish): swamp forest

Definitions

  1. swamp forest

Ancestry of “suometsä”, step by step

suometsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoswamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →