Where does “taajamametsä” come from?

taajamametsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish taajama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

taajamametsä (Finnish): urban forest

Definitions

  1. urban forest

Ancestry of “taajamametsä”, step by step

taajamametsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taajama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajamapopulated community, population centre,...
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →