Where does “lehti” come from?

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

lehti (Finnish): leaf; foliage; Short for sanomalehti

Definitions

  1. leaf; foliage; Short for sanomalehti

Ancestry of “lehti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclehtileaf
2Proto-Finniclešte

Words derived from “lehti

Every word from Proto-Finnic lešteEvery word from Proto-Finnic lehti
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