Where does “Metsäkylä” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Metsäkylä”, step by step

Metsäkylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankylävillage
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →