Where does “pintahiivaolut” come from?

pintahiivaolut (Finnish) comes from Finnish pintahiiva, from Finnish pinta, from Proto-Finnic pinta, from Proto-Germanic spindaz — fat; lard; grease; smear; marrow.

pintahiivaolut (Finnish): top-fermented beer

Definitions

  1. top-fermented beer

Ancestry of “pintahiivaolut”, step by step

pintahiivaolut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pintahiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintahiivatop yeast
2Finnishpintasurface
3Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
4Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow

via Finnish olut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholutbeer; beer, ale
2Proto-Finnicolutbeer, ale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer
Every word from Proto-Germanic spindaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic pinta →Every word from Finnish pinta →