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 kwījāEvery word from Proto-Finnic kujaEvery word from Finnish kuja