Where does “metsännurkka” come from?

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

metsännurkka (Ingrian): corner of the forest

Definitions

  1. corner of the forest

Ancestry of “metsännurkka”, step by step

metsännurkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian nurkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannurkkacorner
2Proto-Finnicnurkkacorner
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →