Where does “pohjahiiva” come from?

pohjahiiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjahiiva (Finnish): bottom yeast

Definitions

  1. bottom yeast

Ancestry of “pohjahiiva”, step by step

pohjahiiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast

Words derived from “pohjahiiva”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →