Where does “leppä” come from?

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

leppä (Finnish): An alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";...

Definitions

  1. An alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";...

Ancestry of “leppä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicleppäalder; blood
2Proto-Balticléiˀpāˀlinden tree

Words derived from “leppä”

Every word from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ →Every word from Proto-Finnic leppä →