Where does “lehtikirva” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lehtikirva”, step by step

lehtikirva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

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

via Finnish kirva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvaaphid, commonly also plant louse or greenfly,...
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