Where does “leppähalko” come from?
leppähalko (Finnish) comes from Finnish halko, from Proto-Finnic halko, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
leppähalko (Finnish): piece of alder firewood
Ancestry of “leppähalko”, step by step
leppähalko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish halko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | halko | piece of firewood cut to about one meter in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | halko | piece of firewood, billet |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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 |