Where does “hapanleipä” come from?
hapanleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Finnic laipa, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.
hapanleipä (Finnish): sourdough bread
Ancestry of “hapanleipä”, step by step
hapanleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish leipä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leipä | bread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | laipa | bread |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hlaibaz | bread |
via Finnish hapan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hapan | sour, acid in taste; sour, peevish, irritable,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hap'oin | sour, acid |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | čappa | — |
Words derived from “hapanleipä”