Where does “maatsalehti” come from?

maatsalehti (Ingrian) comes from Russian мачеха, from Proto-Slavic *màťexa — stepmother.

maatsalehti (Ingrian): coltsfoot

Definitions

  1. coltsfoot

Ancestry of “maatsalehti”, step by step

maatsalehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian мачеха

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмачехаstepmother
2Proto-Slavic*màťexastepmother

via Ingrian lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlehtileaf
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Slavic *màťexaEvery word from Russian мачеха
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