Where does “leivontahiiva” come from?

leivontahiiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish leivonta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

leivontahiiva (Finnish): baker's yeast

Definitions

  1. baker's yeast

Ancestry of “leivontahiiva”, step by step

leivontahiiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leivonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleivontabaking
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish leivonta →