Where does “ruisleipäviipale” come from?

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

ruisleipäviipale (Finnish): slice of rye bread

Definitions

  1. slice of rye bread

Ancestry of “ruisleipäviipale”, step by step

ruisleipäviipale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruisleipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruisleipärye bread
2Finnishruisrye
3Proto-Finnicrugisrye
4Proto-Germanicrugizrye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye

via Finnish viipale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipalepiece, slice
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →