Where does “leipäliha” come from?

leipäliha (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian leipä, from Proto-Finnic laipa, from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz — bread.

leipäliha (Ingrian): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “leipäliha”, step by step

leipäliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianleipäbread
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

via Ingrian liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlihaflesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaibaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic laipa →Every word from Ingrian leipä →