Where does “metsälucikkain” come from?

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

metsälucikkain (Ingrian): shield bug

Definitions

  1. shield bug

Ancestry of “metsälucikkain”, step by step

metsälucikkain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian lucikkain

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