Where does “lehtijousi” come from?

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

lehtijousi (Finnish): leaf spring

Definitions

  1. leaf spring

Ancestry of “lehtijousi”, step by step

lehtijousi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti

via Finnish jousi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjousibow; spring; musical bow
2Finnishjoutsi

Words derived from “lehtijousi

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehtiEvery word from Finnish Lehti