Where does “lehtinainen” come from?

lehtinainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish nainen, from Proto-Finnic nainen — woman; wife.

lehtinainen (Finnish): newspaper woman, newswoman

Definitions

  1. newspaper woman, newswoman

Ancestry of “lehtinainen”, step by step

lehtinainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife

via Finnish Lehti

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