Where does “jalavalehto” come from?

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

jalavalehto (Finnish): elm grove

Definitions

  1. elm grove

Ancestry of “jalavalehto”, step by step

jalavalehto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehtobroad deciduous woodland; grove
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Finnish jalava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalavaelm
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →Every word from Finnish lehto →