Where does “ajaleht” come from?

ajaleht (Estonian) comes from Estonian leht, from Proto-Finnic lehti, from Proto-Finnic lešte.

ajaleht (Estonian): newspaper

Definitions

  1. newspaper

Ancestry of “ajaleht”, step by step

ajaleht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian leht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlehtleaf; sheet of paper, metal, veneer etc; page
2Proto-Finniclehtileaf
3Proto-Finniclešte—

via Estonian aeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianaegtime; tense
2Proto-Finnicaikatime
Every word from Proto-Finnic lešte →Every word from Proto-Finnic lehti →Every word from Estonian leht →
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