Where does “lehdistötuki” come from?

lehdistötuki (Finnish) comes from Finnish lehdistö, from Finnish Lehti, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti.

lehdistötuki (Finnish): press subsidy, press support

Definitions

  1. press subsidy, press support

Ancestry of “lehdistötuki”, step by step

lehdistötuki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehdistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlehdistöThe press
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →Every word from Finnish lehdistö →