Where does “lohivoileipä” come from?

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

lohivoileipä (Finnish): salmon sandwich

Definitions

  1. salmon sandwich

Ancestry of “lohivoileipä”, step by step

lohivoileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voileipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoileipäbread and butter, bread with butter; open...
2Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
3Proto-Finniclaipabread
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Finnish lohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohisalmon; Atlantic salmon
2Proto-Finniclohisalmon
3Proto-Balticlaśas—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →
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