Editing Semla (section)

==Etymology==
The name {{Lang|sv|semla}} (plural: {{Lang|sv|semlor}}) is a loan word from Middle Low German ''semmel'', originally deriving from the [[Latin]] {{Lang|la|simila}}, meaning '[[flour]]', itself a borrowing from Greek {{Lang|el|σεμίδαλις}} ({{Lang|el-latn|semidalis}}), which was the name used for the finest quality [[wheat]] flour.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=semla|encyclopedia=Svenska Akademiens ordbok|year=1967|publisher=Svenska Akademien|url=https://www.saob.se/artikel/?unik=S_01713-0314.88f5|access-date=8 October 2024|language=sv}}</ref> In the southernmost part of Sweden ([[Scania]]) and by the [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]]-speaking population in Finland, they are known as {{Lang|sv|fastlagsbulle}}. In Denmark and Norway they are known as {{Lang|nl|fastelavnsbolle}} ({{Lang|sv|fastlagen}} and ''[[fastelavn]]'' being the equivalent of [[Shrove Tuesday]]). In [[Scanian dialect|Scanian]], the feast is also called {{Lang|sv|fastelann}}. In Finnish they are known as {{Lang|fi|laskiaispulla}} (which refers to the Finnish {{Lang|fi|[[laskiainen]]}}), in Latvian as {{Lang|lv|vēja kūkas}}, and in Estonian as {{Lang|et|vastlakukkel}}.