Where does “mehilehti” come from?

mehilehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lehti, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti.

mehilehti (Finnish): any plant of the genus Cotyledon

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Cotyledon

Ancestry of “mehilehti”, step by step

mehilehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Finnish mehi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmehisap, juice, nectar
2Proto-Finnicmehisap, juice
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →