Where does “mehevälehtinen” come from?

mehevälehtinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mehevä, from Finnish mehi, from Proto-Finnic mehi — sap, juice.

mehevälehtinen (Finnish): with succulent leaves

Definitions

  1. with succulent leaves

Ancestry of “mehevälehtinen”, step by step

mehevälehtinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mehevä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeheväjuicy, lush, succulent
2Finnishmehisap, juice, nectar
3Proto-Finnicmehisap, juice

via Finnish Lehti

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