Where does “pitsilehti” come from?

pitsilehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitsi, from Swedish spets, from Middle Low German spitze, from Proto-Germanic spitjaz.

pitsilehti (Finnish): nerve plant

Definitions

  1. nerve plant

Ancestry of “pitsilehti”, step by step

pitsilehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitsilace
2Swedishspetspoint, tip, end, nib, head; lace; spitz
3Middle Low Germanspitze—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Middle Low German spitze →Every word from Swedish spets →