Where does “rehuhiiva” come from?

rehuhiiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiva, from Proto-Finnic hiiva — yeast.

rehuhiiva (Finnish): fodder yeast

Definitions

  1. fodder yeast

Ancestry of “rehuhiiva”, step by step

rehuhiiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast

via Finnish rehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrehufodder, animal feed
2Proto-Finnicrehugrass
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