Where does “soukkalehtinen” come from?

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

soukkalehtinen (Finnish): slim-leaved

Definitions

  1. slim-leaved

Ancestry of “soukkalehtinen”, step by step

soukkalehtinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lehti

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

via Finnish soukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoukkaslim
2Finnish-istaa-ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
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