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

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