Where does “saippuatehdas” come from?

saippuatehdas (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehdas, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

saippuatehdas (Finnish): soapery factory making soap

Definitions

  1. soapery factory making soap

Ancestry of “saippuatehdas”, step by step

saippuatehdas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehdas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehdasfactory; mill
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish saippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaippuasoap
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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