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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lehto | broad deciduous woodland; grove |
| 2 | Finnish | Lehti | leaf part of a plant |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *lehti | — |
via Finnish korte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korte | Any of the pteridophytic plants in the taxonomic... |