Where does “muroleivos” come from?

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

muroleivos (Finnish): shortcake pastry

Definitions

  1. shortcake pastry

Ancestry of “muroleivos”, step by step

muroleivos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leivos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleivospastry, baker's confection
2Finnishleipoato bake
3Proto-Finnicleipoidak—

via Finnish muro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurobreakfast cereal; short
2Finnishmur-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic leipoidak →Every word from Finnish leipoa →Every word from Finnish leivos →