Where does “ruislimppu” come from?

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

ruislimppu (Finnish): a kind of relatively soft rye bread, a loaf of which has a round shape

Definitions

  1. a kind of relatively soft rye bread, a loaf of which has a round shape

Ancestry of “ruislimppu”, step by step

ruislimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruis

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

via Finnish limppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlimppuround loaf of bread
2Swedishlimpaloaf of bread; a carton; a roll
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →