Where does “vasemmistolehdistö” come from?

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

vasemmistolehdistö (Finnish): left-wing press, left-wing media

Definitions

  1. left-wing press, left-wing media

Ancestry of “vasemmistolehdistö”, step by step

vasemmistolehdistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehdistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlehdistöThe press
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

via Finnish vasemmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvasemmistoThe left; leftist
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →Every word from Finnish lehdistö →
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