Where does “mettsä” come from?

mettsä (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

mettsä (Votic): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “mettsä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmeccäforest
2Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic meccä →
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