Where does “ruisreikäleipä” come from?

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

ruisreikäleipä (Finnish): A type of flat rye bread that is baked with a hole in the middle; originally the purpose of the hole was to facilitate storage in horizontal poles so as to keep the bread safe from rodents

Definitions

  1. A type of flat rye bread that is baked with a hole in the middle; originally the purpose of the hole was to facilitate storage in horizontal poles so as to keep the bread safe from rodents

Ancestry of “ruisreikäleipä”, step by step

ruisreikäleipä traces back through 3 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

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →