Where does “lehtitapa” come from?

lehtitapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapa, from Proto-Finnic tapa — way, custom; nature.

lehtitapa (Finnish): manner or manners expected of newspaper journalism

Definitions

  1. manner or manners expected of newspaper journalism

Ancestry of “lehtitapa”, step by step

lehtitapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature

via Finnish Lehti

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