Where does “verileipä” come from?

verileipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verileipä (Finnish): blood bread bread made with blood

Definitions

  1. blood bread bread made with blood

Ancestry of “verileipä”, step by step

verileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →