Where does “muistilehtiö” come from?
muistilehtiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisti, from Finnish muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
muistilehtiö (Finnish): notepad
Ancestry of “muistilehtiö”, step by step
muistilehtiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muisti | memory; Third-person singular past form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | muistaa | to remember, recall, recollect; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | to understand |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |
via Finnish lehtiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lehtiö | notepad, pad |
| 2 | Finnish | -iö | Front vowel variant of -io |
| 3 | Spanish | -ijo | indicating a diminutive or despective quality |
| 4 | Proto-Bantu | ì- | Class 5 noun prefix |