Where does “ohraleipä” come from?

ohraleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohra, from Proto-Finnic ocra, from Proto-Baltic aśras — sharp.

ohraleipä (Finnish): barley bread

Definitions

  1. barley bread

Ancestry of “ohraleipä”, step by step

ohraleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrabarley
2Proto-Finnicocrabarley
3Proto-Balticaśrassharp

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Baltic aśras →Every word from Proto-Finnic ocra →Every word from Finnish ohra →