Where does “leveälahkeisuus” come from?

leveälahkeisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish leveälahkeinen, from Finnish leveä, from Proto-Finnic levedä — wide.

leveälahkeisuus (Finnish): the property of being bell-bottomed

Definitions

  1. the property of being bell-bottomed

Ancestry of “leveälahkeisuus”, step by step

leveälahkeisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leveälahkeinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveälahkeinenbell-bottomed of trousers, having legs that widen from the knee downwards
2Finnishleveäwide
3Proto-Finniclevedäwide

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic levedä →Every word from Finnish leveä →Every word from Finnish leveälahkeinen →