Where does “vierreleipä” come from?

vierreleipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Finnic laipa, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

vierreleipä (Finnish): wort bread leavened bread made of dough made with wort, often highly seasoned

Definitions

  1. wort bread leavened bread made of dough made with wort, often highly seasoned

Ancestry of “vierreleipä”, step by step

vierreleipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leipä

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

via Finnish vierre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvierrewort
2Proto-Finnicverdekbeerwort
3Proto-Germanicwertiz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →