rieska
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- A traditional thin unleavened bread made from barley or oat, sometimes with potato as additional ingredient. There are many regional varieties of rieska, some of them similar to the Norwegian lefse or the Swedish tunnbröd.
- (obsolete) milk
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *reeska derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prēˀskas.
Origin
Proto-Balto-Slavic
*prēˀskas
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- käenrieska Finnish
- käki Finnish
- maa Finnish
- nyrkki Finnish
- nyrkkirieska Finnish
- ohra Finnish
- ohrarieska Finnish
- peruna Finnish
- perunarieska Finnish
- rasva Finnish
- rasvarieska Finnish
- rieskamaa Finnish
- tattari Finnish
- tattaririeska Finnish
- *reeska Proto-Finnic
- *prēˀskas Proto-Balto-Slavic