Where does “leipomohiiva” come from?

leipomohiiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish leipomo, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

leipomohiiva (Finnish): baker's yeast

Definitions

  1. baker's yeast

Ancestry of “leipomohiiva”, step by step

leipomohiiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leipomo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipomobakery
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -mö →