Where does “kaviaarivoileipä” come from?

kaviaarivoileipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaviaari, from French caviar, from Italian caviale, from Old Italian caviaro, from Turkish havyar, from Ottoman Turkish خاویار, from Persian خاویار, from Persian خایه — testicle; egg.

kaviaarivoileipä (Finnish): caviar sandwich

Definitions

  1. caviar sandwich

Ancestry of “kaviaarivoileipä”, step by step

kaviaarivoileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaviaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaviaaricaviar
2Frenchcaviarcaviar
3Italiancavialecaviar
4Old Italiancaviaro
5Turkishhavyarcaviar
6Ottoman Turkishخاویارcaviar
7Persianخاویارcaviar
8Persianخایهtesticle; egg

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 Persian خایهEvery word from Persian خاویارEvery word from Ottoman Turkish خاویار
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