Where does “lehtileike” come from?

lehtileike (Finnish) comes from Finnish leike, from Finnish leikata, from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak — to cut.

lehtileike (Finnish): clipping, newspaper clipping

Definitions

  1. clipping, newspaper clipping

Ancestry of “lehtileike”, step by step

lehtileike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikeescalope; clip, clipping
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak →Every word from Finnish leikata →Every word from Finnish leike →