Where does “metsäomena” come from?

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

metsäomena (Ingrian): crabapple

Definitions

  1. crabapple

Ancestry of “metsäomena”, step by step

metsäomena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian omena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianomenaapple

Words derived from “metsäomena”

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