Where does “pääkaupunkilaislehti” come from?

pääkaupunkilaislehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääkaupunkilainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

pääkaupunkilaislehti (Finnish): a newspaper published in the capital city

Definitions

  1. a newspaper published in the capital city

Ancestry of “pääkaupunkilaislehti”, step by step

pääkaupunkilaislehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääkaupunkilainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääkaupunkilainenfrom the capital (city)
2Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
3Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
4Old Swedishslagh
5Middle Low Germanslach
6Old Saxonslag
7Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
8Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
9Low Germanslagge
10Middle Low Germanslagge
11Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
12Old Saxonslāhanto hit
13Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
14Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
15Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-
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