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

hankikanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantostump, tree stump
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...

via Finnish hanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankiblanket of snow; Indicative present connegative...
2Proto-Finnichankiblanket of snow; crust of snow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kanta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kantadak →