Where does “harrastelehti” come from?

harrastelehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish harraste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

harrastelehti (Finnish): hobbyist magazine

Definitions

  1. hobbyist magazine

Ancestry of “harrastelehti”, step by step

harrastelehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harraste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharrasteactivity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-