Where does “karvalehti” come from?

karvalehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

karvalehti (Finnish): hornwort plant of genus

Definitions

  1. hornwort plant of genus

Ancestry of “karvalehti”, step by step

karvalehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →