Where does “hiivatehdas” come from?

hiivatehdas (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.

hiivatehdas (Finnish): yeast factory

Definitions

  1. yeast factory

Ancestry of “hiivatehdas”, step by step

hiivatehdas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehdas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehdasfactory; mill
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-