Where does “leipävehnä” come from?

leipävehnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vehnä, from Proto-Finnic vehnä, from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä.

leipävehnä (Finnish): common wheat, bread wheat plant

Definitions

  1. common wheat, bread wheat plant

Ancestry of “leipävehnä”, step by step

leipävehnä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vehnä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnäwheat
2Proto-Finnicvehnäwheat
3Proto-Finno-Permicwešnä—

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä →Every word from Proto-Finnic vehnä →Every word from Finnish vehnä →