Where does “tervahauta” come from?
tervahauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish terva, from Proto-Finnic terva, from Proto-Indo-European dérw-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European dóru, from Proto-Indo-European drew- — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.
tervahauta (Finnish): tar kiln dry distillation oven, historically used in Scandinavia for producing tar from wood
Definitions
- tar kiln dry distillation oven, historically used in Scandinavia for producing tar from wood
Ancestry of “tervahauta”, step by step
tervahauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.