Where does “lehto” come from?

lehto (Votic) comes from Votic lehti, from Finnish Lehti, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti.

lehto (Votic): leaf

Definitions

  1. leaf

Ancestry of “lehto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticlehtileaf; newspaper
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lehti →Every word from Finnish Lehti →Every word from Votic lehti →
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