Where does “Leppälä” come from?

Leppälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish leppä, from Proto-Finnic leppä, from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ — linden tree.

Leppälä (Finnish): Any of a number of small places in Finland

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of small places in Finland

Ancestry of “Leppälä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishleppäAn alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";...
2Proto-Finnicleppäalder; blood
3Proto-Balticléiˀpāˀlinden tree
Every word from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ →Every word from Proto-Finnic leppä →Every word from Finnish leppä →