Where does “Leppänen” come from?
Leppänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish leppä, from Proto-Finnic leppä, from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ — linden tree.
Ancestry of “Leppänen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | leppä | An alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | leppä | alder; blood |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | léiˀpāˀ | linden tree |