Where does “marenkipikkuleipä” come from?
marenkipikkuleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish marenki, from Swedish maräng, from French meringue, from Dutch meringue.
marenkipikkuleipä (Finnish): meringue cookie
Definitions
- meringue cookie
Ancestry of “marenkipikkuleipä”, step by step
marenkipikkuleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish marenki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marenki | meringue |
| 2 | Swedish | maräng | meringue |
| 3 | French | meringue | meringue; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Dutch | meringue | — |
via Finnish pikkuleipä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikkuleipä | biscuit |
| 2 | Finnish | leipä | bread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laipa | bread |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hlaibaz | bread |