Where does “metsätee” come from?

metsätee (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian tee, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

metsätee (Ingrian): forest road

Definitions

  1. forest road

Ancestry of “metsätee”, step by step

metsätee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian tee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianteeway; path
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Ingrian tee →