Where does “lehelaba” come from?

lehelaba (Estonian) comes from Estonian laba, from Proto-Finnic lapa, from Proto-Uralic lapa — blade.

lehelaba (Estonian): blade of a leaf, lamina

Definitions

  1. blade of a leaf, lamina

Ancestry of “lehelaba”, step by step

lehelaba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian laba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlabablade
2Proto-Finniclapablade
3Proto-Uraliclapablade

via Estonian leht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlehtleaf; sheet of paper, metal, veneer etc; page
2Proto-Finniclehtileaf
3Proto-Finniclešte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lapa →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapa →Every word from Estonian laba →