Where does “lehdenmyyjä” come from?

lehdenmyyjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myyjä, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

lehdenmyyjä (Finnish): newspaper vendor, news vendor, newsagent

Definitions

  1. newspaper vendor, news vendor, newsagent

Ancestry of “lehdenmyyjä”, step by step

lehdenmyyjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myyjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyjäseller, vendor
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe-Every word from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk
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