Where does “metsäkuha” come from?

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

metsäkuha (Ingrian): oriole

Definitions

  1. oriole

Ancestry of “metsäkuha”, step by step

metsäkuha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian kuha

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