Where does “lepistö” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lepistö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishleppäAn alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";...
2Proto-Finnicleppäalder; blood
3Proto-Balticléiˀpāˀlinden tree
Every word from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ →Every word from Proto-Finnic leppä →Every word from Finnish leppä →
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