Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “hapanleipä” come from?

hapanleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Finnic laipa, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

hapanleipä (Finnish): sourdough bread

Definitions

  1. sourdough bread

Ancestry of “hapanleipä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “hapanleipä”

  • hapanleipätaikina
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →