Where does “hiivaleipäjauho” come from?

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

hiivaleipäjauho (Finnish): dark wheat flour, black wheat flour, strong flour, bread flour, usually with a protein content within 12–14 %

Definitions

  1. dark wheat flour, black wheat flour, strong flour, bread flour, usually with a protein content within 12–14 %

Ancestry of “hiivaleipäjauho”, step by step

hiivaleipäjauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiivaleipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivaleipäyeast bread, yeast-leavened bread
2Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
3Proto-Finniclaipabread
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibazEvery word from Proto-Finnic laipaEvery word from Finnish leipä