Where does “tittelilehti” come from?

tittelilehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish titteli, from Swedish titel, from Latin titulus — title; placard, tablet; inscription.

tittelilehti (Finnish): title page, title leaf

Definitions

  1. title page, title leaf

Ancestry of “tittelilehti”, step by step

tittelilehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish titteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtittelititle
2Swedishtitela title
3Latintitulustitle; placard, tablet; inscription

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Latin titulus →Every word from Swedish titel →Every word from Finnish titteli →