Where does “rouheleipä” come from?

rouheleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish rouhe, from Finnish rouhia, from Proto-Finnic rouhidak, from Proto-Indo-European krus- — crust.

rouheleipä (Finnish): bread made of groats of coarse flour

Definitions

  1. bread made of groats of coarse flour

Ancestry of “rouheleipä”, step by step

rouheleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rouhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrouhekibble
2Finnishrouhiato grind coarsely, to kibble
3Proto-Finnicrouhidakto grind, to kibble
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrus-crust

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krus- →Every word from Proto-Finnic rouhidak →Every word from Finnish rouhia →