Where does “kantasuomi” come from?

kantasuomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.

kantasuomi (Finnish): Proto-Finnic hypothetical language, ancestor of all of the Finnic languages

Definitions

  1. Proto-Finnic hypothetical language, ancestor of all of the Finnic languages

Ancestry of “kantasuomi”, step by step

kantasuomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—

via Finnish suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland

Words derived from “kantasuomi”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kanta →Every word from Finnish kanta →