Where does “vaahteranlehti” come from?

vaahteranlehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahtera, from Proto-Finnic vahtera — maple.

vaahteranlehti (Finnish): maple leaf leaf and symbol

Definitions

  1. maple leaf leaf and symbol

Ancestry of “vaahteranlehti”, step by step

vaahteranlehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaahtera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahteramaple any tree of the genus
2Proto-Finnicvahteramaple

via Finnish Lehti

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