Where does “pinaatinlehti” come from?

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

pinaatinlehti (Finnish): spinach leaf

Definitions

  1. spinach leaf

Ancestry of “pinaatinlehti”, step by step

pinaatinlehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

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

via Finnish pinaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinaattispinach
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehtiEvery word from Finnish Lehti