Where does “lehtikuja” come from?

lehtikuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuja, from Proto-Finnic kuja, from Proto-Germanic kwījā.

lehtikuja (Finnish): alley lined with (deciduous) trees

Definitions

  1. alley lined with (deciduous) trees

Ancestry of “lehtikuja”, step by step

lehtikuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkujaalley
2Proto-Finnickujafenced path
3Proto-Germanickwījā—

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic kwījā →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuja →Every word from Finnish kuja →