Where does “grahamnäkkileipä” come from?
grahamnäkkileipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish graham, from English Graham, from English Grantham, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
grahamnäkkileipä (Finnish): graham cracker
Definitions
- graham cracker
Ancestry of “grahamnäkkileipä”, step by step
grahamnäkkileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish graham
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | graham | graham flour |
| 2 | English | Graham | Flour made by grinding wheat berries including the bran |
| 3 | English | Grantham | OS grid ref SK9136 |
| 4 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Finnish näkkileipä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näkkileipä | crispbread |
| 2 | Swedish | knäckebröd | crisp bread |
| 3 | Swedish | bröd | bread |
| 4 | Old Swedish | brøþ | bread |
| 5 | Old Norse | brauð | bread |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | braudą | fragment, piece; bread |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |