Where does “viihdelehti” come from?

viihdelehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish viihde, from Finnish viihtyä, from Proto-Finnic viihtüdäk.

viihdelehti (Finnish): entertainment magazine

Definitions

  1. entertainment magazine

Ancestry of “viihdelehti”, step by step

viihdelehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviihdeentertainment
2Finnishviihtyäto get on, get along, enjoy; to enjoy oneself; to...
3Proto-Finnicviihtüdäk—

via Finnish Lehti

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