Where does “leipä” come from?

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

leipä (Finnish): bread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...

Definitions

  1. bread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...

Ancestry of “leipä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclaipabread
2Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “leipä”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →