Lehiku (Lehik)

Uncertain. One of the Mähe flower-name group, so ought to be a flower, despite there not being one of that name. Saagpakk gives ‘bastard toadflax’, but candidates outside geographical range of Estonia: linalehik, one of the Thesium spp., and Comandra umbellata, not listed for Estonia either. There are over a dozen flowers with names ending in ‑lehik: sõrmlehik (Schefflera spp.), tiigerlehik (Calathea spp.) and tõlvlehik (Spathiphyllum spp., a typical member being the peace lily, is the one I’d vote for). The leh root means leaf, suggesting the plant’s conspicuous characteristics. See Liilia. On the other hand, lehik:lehiku does mean gill (fungi, not fish), or, in printing, leaflet. Who knows?