Where does “lepänkäpy” come from?

lepänkäpy (Finnish) comes from Finnish leppä, from Proto-Finnic leppä, from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ — linden tree.

lepänkäpy (Finnish): alder cone

Definitions

  1. alder cone

Ancestry of “lepänkäpy”, step by step

lepänkäpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishleppäAn alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";...
2Proto-Finnicleppäalder; blood
3Proto-Balticléiˀpāˀlinden tree

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—
Every word from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ →Every word from Proto-Finnic leppä →Every word from Finnish leppä →