Where does “vaahdotusaine” come from?

vaahdotusaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahdotus, from Finnish vaahdottaa, from Finnish vaahdota, from Finnish vaahto, from Proto-Finnic vakto, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

vaahdotusaine (Finnish): foaming agent

Definitions

  1. foaming agent

Ancestry of “vaahdotusaine”, step by step

vaahdotusaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaahdotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahdotusfrothing creating froth
2Finnishvaahdottaato froth
3Finnishvaahdotato foam, froth; to spurge; to vapor
4Finnishvaahtofoam; head; mousse
5Proto-Finnicvaktofoam
6Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish aine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishainematter, material, substance; subject, discipline;...
2Proto-GermanicabnijąThat which is made; material; stuff
3Proto-Germanic*abnijaną
4Proto-Indo-Europeanōp-to achieve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus