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Where does “mõtsā” come from?
mõtsā (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.
mõtsā
(Livonian): forest
Definitions
forest
Ancestry of “mõtsā”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
*meccä
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2
Proto-Baltic
medjas
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Words derived from “mõtsā”
mõtsāizānd
mõtsākaits
mõtsāsigā
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