Where does “uposlehti” come from?

uposlehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish upota, from Proto-Finnic up'ot'ak — to sink; to drown.

uposlehti (Finnish): submerged leaf

Definitions

  1. submerged leaf

Ancestry of “uposlehti”, step by step

uposlehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish upota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishupotato sink; to get stuck in, get bogged down in; to...
2Proto-Finnicup'ot'akto sink; to drown

via Finnish Lehti

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

Words derived from “uposlehti”

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