Where does “kasvikuivain” come from?

kasvikuivain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

kasvikuivain (Finnish): vegetable dehydrator, vegetable dryer, plant dryer a machine that dehydrates or dries vegetables or plants

Definitions

  1. vegetable dehydrator, vegetable dryer, plant dryer a machine that dehydrates or dries vegetables or plants

Ancestry of “kasvikuivain”, step by step

kasvikuivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish kuivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaindryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →