Where does “leivänviipale” come from?

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

leivänviipale (Finnish): slice of bread

Definitions

  1. slice of bread

Ancestry of “leivänviipale”, step by step

leivänviipale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Finnish viipale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipalepiece, slice
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →
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