Where does “hillovoileipä” come from?

hillovoileipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hillo, from Middle English hilli, from German Hildebrand, from Old High German Hiltibrant, from Proto-Germanic Hildibrandaz.

hillovoileipä (Finnish): jam sandwich, jelly sandwich

Definitions

  1. jam sandwich, jelly sandwich

Ancestry of “hillovoileipä”, step by step

hillovoileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hillo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhillojam, jelly; bread
2Middle Englishhilli—
3GermanHildebrand—
4Old High GermanHiltibrantand the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied
5Proto-GermanicHildibrandaz—

via Finnish voileipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoileipäbread and butter, bread with butter; open...
2Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
3Proto-Finniclaipabread
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Germanic Hildibrandaz →Every word from Old High German Hiltibrant →Every word from German Hildebrand →