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Where does “hankikanto” come from?

hankikanto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanto, from Finnish kantaa, from Proto-Finnic kantadak, from Proto-Uralic kanta-, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

hankikanto (Finnish): The time of spring when snow crust is so hard...

Definitions

  1. The time of spring when snow crust is so hard...

Ancestry of “hankikanto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantostump; carrying; collection ; "see also:"...
2Finnishkantaato carry, bear; to carry, be carried, reach; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
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