Where does “urosmetso” come from?

urosmetso (Finnish) comes from Finnish uros, from Proto-Finnic uros, from Proto-Finno-Ugric urɜ — man, male.

urosmetso (Finnish): male capercaillie, capercaillie cock

Definitions

  1. male capercaillie, capercaillie cock

Ancestry of “urosmetso”, step by step

urosmetso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurosmale, especially of mammalian species; man, hero
2Proto-Finnicurosmale; man
3Proto-Finno-Ugricurɜman, male

via Finnish metso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsowood grouse, capercaillie, "Tetrao urogallus"
2Proto-Finnicmeccoicapercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric urɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic uros →Every word from Finnish uros →