Where does “teollisuussprii” come from?

teollisuussprii (Finnish) comes from Finnish teollisuus, from Finnish teollinen, from Finnish teko, from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

teollisuussprii (Finnish): industrial alcohol

Definitions

  1. industrial alcohol

Ancestry of “teollisuussprii”, step by step

teollisuussprii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teollisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteollisuusindustry
2Finnishteollinenindustrial
3Finnishtekoact, deed; achievement; refers to a deed,...
4Proto-Finnictekoact, deed
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish sprii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishspriispirit, ethanol; "short for" spriipurje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-