Where does “lehden” come from?

lehden (Finnish) comes from Finnish lehti, from Proto-Finnic lehti, from Proto-Finnic lešte.

lehden (Finnish): Genitive singular form of lehti

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of lehti

Ancestry of “lehden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehtileaf; foliage; Short for sanomalehti
2Proto-Finniclehtileaf
3Proto-Finniclešte—
Every word from Proto-Finnic lešte →Every word from Proto-Finnic lehti →Every word from Finnish lehti →
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