Where does “paahtoleipä” come from?

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

paahtoleipä (Finnish): toast

Definitions

  1. toast

Ancestry of “paahtoleipä”, step by step

paahtoleipä 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 paahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaahtoroast; roast, roasted, toasted
2Finnishpaahtaato toast; to roast; to parch
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →