leppä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • An alder, any of the trees in the genus Alnus.
  • A grey alder (harmaaleppä by its full Finnish name), Alnus incana.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *leppä derived from *léiˀpāˀ (linden tree).

Origin

*léiˀpāˀ

Gloss

linden tree

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