Where does “höyryuuni” come from?

höyryuuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

höyryuuni (Finnish): steam oven

Definitions

  1. steam oven

Ancestry of “höyryuuni”, step by step

höyryuuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uuni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
2Old Swedishughnoven
3Old Norseofn—
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Finnish höyry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyrysteam; vapor
2Proto-Finnicheürü—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →