Where does “leventää” come from?

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

leventää (Finnish): to broaden, widen; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to broaden, widen; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “leventää”, step by step

leventää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leveä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveäwide
2Proto-Finniclevedäwide

via Ingrian leve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlevefluff

Words derived from “leventää

Every word from Proto-Finnic levedäEvery word from Finnish leveä