Where does “kasviheimo” come from?
kasviheimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish heimo, from Proto-Finnic haimo, from Old High German -o, from Proto-West Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
kasviheimo (Finnish): plant family
Definitions
- plant family
Ancestry of “kasviheimo”, step by step
kasviheimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish heimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heimo | tribe; family |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | haimo | tribe; family; kindred, relatives |
| 3 | Old High German | -o | Forms adverbs from adjectives; used to form... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |