Borrowed from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Finnic *meccä. *<span class="searchmatch">meaccē</span> forest Western <span class="searchmatch">Samic</span>: Southern Sami: miehtsie Ume Sami: meähttsie Pite Sami: mähttse Lule Sami: miehttse Northern...
Karelian: meččä Livvi: meččy Ludian: mečč Veps: mec Votic: mettse → <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Samic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">meaccē</span> (see there for further descendants) ^ Illich-Svitych, Vladislav M...