Where does “emilehti” come from?

emilehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish emi, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

emilehti (Finnish): A carpel

Definitions

  1. A carpel

Ancestry of “emilehti”, step by step

emilehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemipistil
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish emi →