Where does “voileipäkivi” come from?
voileipäkivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish voileipä, from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Finnic laipa, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.
voileipäkivi (Finnish): skimming stone
Ancestry of “voileipäkivi”, step by step
voileipäkivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voileipä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voileipä | bread and butter, bread with butter; open... |
| 2 | Finnish | leipä | bread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laipa | bread |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hlaibaz | bread |
via Finnish kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |