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Where does “tehdas” come from?

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

tehdas (Finnish): factory; mill

Definitions

  1. factory; mill

Ancestry of “tehdas”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tehdas”

  • kilometritehdas
  • patruunatehdas
  • selluloosatehdas
  • tehtailu
  • tehtailla
  • suksitehdas
  • betonitehdas
  • paperitehdas
  • tehdastyöläinen
  • oluttehdas
  • sokeritehdas
  • tehdastyöntekijä
  • autotehdas
  • sellutehdas
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