Where does “rintaleike” come from?

rintaleike (Finnish) comes from Finnish leike, from Finnish leikata, from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak — to cut.

rintaleike (Finnish): bone-in skin-on breast of poultry, e.g. chicken

Definitions

  1. bone-in skin-on breast of poultry, e.g. chicken

Ancestry of “rintaleike”, step by step

rintaleike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikeescalope; clip, clipping
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak →Every word from Finnish leikata →Every word from Finnish leike →