Where does “itiökanta” come from?
itiökanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish itiö, from Finnish itää, from Proto-Finnic itädäk, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.
itiökanta (Finnish): basidium
Ancestry of “itiökanta”, step by step
itiökanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish itiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itiö | spore |
| 2 | Finnish | itää | to germinate, sprout; to develop, grow, take... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | itädäk | to germinate, to sprout |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | itä- | to appear |
via Finnish kanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanta | stem; position, opinion, point of view, account;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kanta | heel |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kanta | — |