Where does “voileipätahna” come from?

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

voileipätahna (Finnish): sandwich paste

Definitions

  1. sandwich paste

Ancestry of “voileipätahna”, step by step

voileipätahna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voileipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoileipäbread and butter, bread with butter; open...
2Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
3Proto-Finniclaipabread
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Finnish tahna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahnapaste
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibazEvery word from Proto-Finnic laipaEvery word from Finnish leipä
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