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
Ancestry of “pettuleipä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pettu | phloem of a pine |
| 2 | Finnish | petäjä | pine; a large, lone pine tree |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | petägä | pine |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pečä | pine |