Where does “lehtilapa” come from?

lehtilapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapa, from Proto-Finnic lapa, from Proto-Uralic lapa — blade.

lehtilapa (Finnish): blade, lamina

Definitions

  1. blade, lamina

Ancestry of “lehtilapa”, step by step

lehtilapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapablade; shoulder of a horse or other animal;...
2Proto-Finniclapablade
3Proto-Uraliclapablade

via Finnish Lehti

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