Where does “metsäemä” come from?

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

metsäemä (Ingrian): The main spirit of the woods that punishes people that break the laws of the forest

Definitions

  1. The main spirit of the woods that punishes people that break the laws of the forest

Ancestry of “metsäemä”, step by step

metsäemä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian emä

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