Where does “leppä” come from?

leppä (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic leppä, from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ — linden tree.

leppä (Votic): alder

Definitions

  1. alder

Ancestry of “leppä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicleppäalder; blood
2Proto-Balticléiˀpāˀlinden tree
Every word from Proto-Baltic léiˀpāˀ →Every word from Proto-Finnic leppä →