Where does “pettuleipä” come from?

pettuleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pettu, from Finnish petäjä, from Proto-Finnic petägä, from Proto-Uralic pečä — pine.

pettuleipä (Finnish): bark bread

Definitions

  1. bark bread

Ancestry of “pettuleipä”, step by step

pettuleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpettuphloem of a pine
2Finnishpetäjäpine; a large, lone pine tree
3Proto-Finnicpetägäpine
4Proto-Uralicpečäpine

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Uralic pečä →Every word from Proto-Finnic petägä →Every word from Finnish petäjä →