Where does “hiivakäyminen” come from?

hiivakäyminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

hiivakäyminen (Finnish): yeast fermentation

Definitions

  1. yeast fermentation

Ancestry of “hiivakäyminen”, step by step

hiivakäyminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käyminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyminenfermentation; going, visiting; going by
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma