Where does “metsätäti” come from?

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

metsätäti (Ingrian): A spirit of the woods that gives gifts in the form of berries and flowers

Definitions

  1. A spirit of the woods that gives gifts in the form of berries and flowers

Ancestry of “metsätäti”, step by step

metsätäti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

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

via Ingrian täti

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