Where does “lehtimaja” come from?

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

lehtimaja (Finnish): a shelter made of leaves

Definitions

  1. a shelter made of leaves

Ancestry of “lehtimaja”, step by step

lehtimaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

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

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse

Words derived from “lehtimaja

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehtiEvery word from Finnish Lehti