Where does “lehtikierto” come from?

lehtikierto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierto, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

lehtikierto (Finnish): circulation of documents, leaflets, etc

Definitions

  1. circulation of documents, leaflets, etc

Ancestry of “lehtikierto”, step by step

lehtikierto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiertorotation; circulation; Short for sointukierto
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →