Where does “kolmioleipä” come from?

kolmioleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolmio, from Finnish kolme, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

kolmioleipä (Finnish): triangle sandwich sandwich made with slices of sandwich bread and halved diagonally

Definitions

  1. triangle sandwich sandwich made with slices of sandwich bread and halved diagonally

Ancestry of “kolmioleipä”, step by step

kolmioleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolmio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmiotriangle; three-room apartment; give way sign,...
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →