Where does “marenkileivos” come from?

marenkileivos (Finnish) comes from Finnish marenki, from Swedish maräng, from French meringue, from Dutch meringue.

marenkileivos (Finnish): meringue pastry, pastry with a meringue frosting

Definitions

  1. meringue pastry, pastry with a meringue frosting

Ancestry of “marenkileivos”, step by step

marenkileivos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish marenki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarenkimeringue
2Swedishmarängmeringue
3Frenchmeringuemeringue; first-person singular present...
4Dutchmeringue—

via Finnish leivos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleivospastry, baker's confection
2Finnishleipoato bake
3Proto-Finnicleipoidak—
Every word from Dutch meringue →Every word from French meringue →Every word from Swedish maräng →