Where does “Lehtineva” come from?

Lehtineva (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lehti, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti.

Ancestry of “Lehtineva”, step by step

Lehtineva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Finnish neva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnevaA type of treeless wet swamp
2Proto-Finnicnevaswamp, fen
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →