Where does “roskalehti” come from?

roskalehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish roska, from Swedish rosk — filth, garbage.

roskalehti (Finnish): asswipe

Definitions

  1. asswipe

Ancestry of “roskalehti”, step by step

roskalehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish roska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroskalitter, trash, rubbish
2Swedishroskfilth, garbage

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Swedish rosk →Every word from Finnish roska →