Where does “voileipä” come from?

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

voileipä (Finnish): bread and butter, bread with butter; open...

Definitions

  1. bread and butter, bread with butter; open...

Ancestry of “voileipä”, step by step

voileipä 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 voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat

Words derived from “voileipä”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Finnish leipä →
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