Where does “juurileipä” come from?

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

juurileipä (Finnish): sourdough bread

Definitions

  1. sourdough bread

Ancestry of “juurileipä”, step by step

juurileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leipä

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

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →