Where does “lepikkoinen” come from?
lepikkoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lepikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).
lepikkoinen (Finnish): with alder forests
Definitions
- with alder forests
Ancestry of “lepikkoinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lepikko | An alder forest; A concentration of alder, as... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |