Where does “metsäomenapuu” come from?

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

metsäomenapuu (Ingrian): crabapple tree

Definitions

  1. crabapple tree

Ancestry of “metsäomenapuu”, step by step

metsäomenapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian metsäomena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmetsäomenacrabapple
2Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
3Proto-Finnic*meccä—
4Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Ingrian puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuutree
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →