Where does “leivos” come from?

leivos (Finnish) comes from Finnish leipoa, from Proto-Finnic leipoidak.

leivos (Finnish): pastry, baker's confection

Definitions

  1. pastry, baker's confection

Ancestry of “leivos”, step by step

leivos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leipoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipoato bake
2Proto-Finnicleipoidak—

via Finnish os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishos—

Words derived from “leivos”

Every word from Proto-Finnic leipoidak →Every word from Finnish leipoa →