Where does “itsepoiminta” come from?

itsepoiminta (Finnish) comes from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.

itsepoiminta (Finnish): picking by oneself of berries, etc

Definitions

  1. picking by oneself of berries, etc

Ancestry of “itsepoiminta”, step by step

itsepoiminta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh

via Finnish poiminta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimintacollecting, picking
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Hebrew יצחק →Every word from Proto-Finnic icek →Every word from Finnish itse →