Where does “elintarviketehdas” come from?
elintarviketehdas (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehdas, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
elintarviketehdas (Finnish): food processing plant
Definitions
- food processing plant
Ancestry of “elintarviketehdas”, step by step
elintarviketehdas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tehdas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tehdas | factory; mill |
| 2 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish elintarvike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elintarvike | groceries; foodstuff |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |