Where does “ruisleipä” come from?

ruisleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruis, from Proto-Finnic rugis, from Proto-Germanic rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- — rye.

ruisleipä (Finnish): rye bread

Definitions

  1. rye bread

Ancestry of “ruisleipä”, step by step

ruisleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruisrye
2Proto-Finnicrugisrye
3Proto-Germanicrugizrye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “ruisleipä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →