Where does “lehtokorte” come from?

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

lehtokorte (Finnish): shade horsetail or meadow horsetail, Equisetum pratense

Definitions

  1. shade horsetail or meadow horsetail, Equisetum pratense

Ancestry of “lehtokorte”, step by step

lehtokorte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehtobroad deciduous woodland; grove
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Finnish korte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkorteAny of the pteridophytic plants in the taxonomic...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →Every word from Finnish lehto →