Where does “imelälimppu” come from?

imelälimppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish imelä, from Proto-Finnic imelä, from Proto-Finno-Permic jimä.

imelälimppu (Finnish): sweetened bread loaf

Definitions

  1. sweetened bread loaf

Ancestry of “imelälimppu”, step by step

imelälimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imelä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimeläoverly sweet, sugary, syrupy; cloying, syrupy
2Proto-Finnicimelä—
3Proto-Finno-Permicjimä—

via Finnish limppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlimppuround loaf of bread
2Swedishlimpaloaf of bread; a carton; a roll
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jimä →Every word from Proto-Finnic imelä →Every word from Finnish imelä →