Where does “oluthiiva” come from?

oluthiiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish olut, from Proto-Finnic olut, from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- — beer.

oluthiiva (Finnish): beer yeast

Definitions

  1. beer yeast

Ancestry of “oluthiiva”, step by step

oluthiiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholutbeer; beer, ale
2Proto-Finnicolutbeer, ale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Finnic olut →Every word from Finnish olut →