Where does “lepänurpu” come from?
lepänurpu (Finnish) comes from Finnish leppä, from Proto-Finnic leppä, from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ — linden tree.
lepänurpu (Finnish): alder catkin
Ancestry of “lepänurpu”, step by step
lepänurpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish leppä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leppä | An alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | leppä | alder; blood |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | léiˀpāˀ | linden tree |
via Finnish Urpu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Urpu | catkin |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |