Where does “naurisleipä” come from?

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

naurisleipä (Finnish): turnip bread

Definitions

  1. turnip bread

Ancestry of “naurisleipä”, step by step

naurisleipä 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 nauris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauristurnip
2Proto-Finnicnakristurnip
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →