Where does “seinälehti” come from?

seinälehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinä, from Proto-Finnic saina — wall.

seinälehti (Finnish): wall newspaper, placard newspaper

Definitions

  1. wall newspaper, placard newspaper

Ancestry of “seinälehti”, step by step

seinälehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic saina →Every word from Finnish seinä →
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