Where does “mustaleipä” come from?

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

mustaleipä (Finnish): dark rye bread, including also malt, syrup and brown sugar

Definitions

  1. dark rye bread, including also malt, syrup and brown sugar

Ancestry of “mustaleipä”, step by step

mustaleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →
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