Where does “lepänlehti” come from?

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

lepänlehti (Finnish): alder leaf

Definitions

  1. alder leaf

Ancestry of “lepänlehti”, step by step

lepänlehti 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 Lehti

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