Where does “mettsekana” come from?

mettsekana (Votic) comes from Votic mettse, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

mettsekana (Votic): willow grouse

Definitions

  1. willow grouse

Ancestry of “mettsekana”, step by step

mettsekana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Votic mettse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticmettseforest
2Proto-Finnic*meccä
3Proto-Balticmedjas

via Votic kana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Votickanahen, chicken
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjasEvery word from Proto-Finnic *meccäEvery word from Votic mettse