Where does “leipäjono” come from?
leipäjono (Finnish) comes from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Finnic laipa, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.
leipäjono (Finnish): breadline
Ancestry of “leipäjono”, step by step
leipäjono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish leipä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leipä | bread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | laipa | bread |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hlaibaz | bread |
via Finnish jono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jono | line, queue straight sequence of people or items |
| 2 | Finnish | juoni | plot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jooni | path |