Where does “leveälehtinen” come from?

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

leveälehtinen (Finnish): broad-leaved, broadleaf

Definitions

  1. broad-leaved, broadleaf

Ancestry of “leveälehtinen”, step by step

leveälehtinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leveä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveäwide
2Proto-Finniclevedäwide

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic levedä →Every word from Finnish leveä →