Where does “oikeistolehti” come from?

oikeistolehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish oikeisto, from Finnish oikea, from Proto-Finnic oikeda, from Proto-Finno-Permic wojketa.

oikeistolehti (Finnish): conservative newspaper

Definitions

  1. conservative newspaper

Ancestry of “oikeistolehti”, step by step

oikeistolehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oikeisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoikeistothe right, the conservatives, right wing
2Finnishoikearight; right, correct; appropriate, proper,...
3Proto-Finnicoikedastraight; right, correct
4Proto-Finno-Permicwojketa—

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wojketa →Every word from Proto-Finnic oikeda →Every word from Finnish oikea →