Where does “napoleoninleivos” come from?

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

napoleoninleivos (Finnish): mille-feuille, vanilla slice, napoleon

Definitions

  1. mille-feuille, vanilla slice, napoleon

Ancestry of “napoleoninleivos”, step by step

napoleoninleivos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leivos

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

via Finnish Napoleon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNapoleon—
Every word from Proto-Finnic leipoidak →Every word from Finnish leipoa →Every word from Finnish leivos →