Where does “lehtolaikku” come from?

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

lehtolaikku (Finnish): small herb-rich forest, small grove

Definitions

  1. small herb-rich forest, small grove

Ancestry of “lehtolaikku”, step by step

lehtolaikku 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 laikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaikkuspot; patch; fleck
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →Every word from Finnish lehto →