Where does “tuorehiiva” come from?

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

tuorehiiva (Finnish): fresh yeast

Definitions

  1. fresh yeast

Ancestry of “tuorehiiva”, step by step

tuorehiiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiivayeast
2Proto-Finnichiivayeast

via Finnish tuore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuorefresh; new, recent; original
2Proto-Finnictooresraw; fresh; moist
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