Where does “kateleipä” come from?

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

kateleipä (Finnish): any type of bread, typically some type of roll or bun, a serving of which is included in the place setting

Definitions

  1. any type of bread, typically some type of roll or bun, a serving of which is included in the place setting

Ancestry of “kateleipä”, step by step

kateleipä 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 kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →