Where does “kukinta-aika” come from?
kukinta-aika (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukinta, from Finnish kukkia, from Finnish kukka, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
kukinta-aika (Finnish): blooming period, flowering period
Definitions
- blooming period, flowering period
Ancestry of “kukinta-aika”, step by step
kukinta-aika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kukinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kukinta | bloom, blossom; inflorescence |
| 2 | Finnish | kukkia | To blossom, bloom, be in flower/bloom, flower;... |
| 3 | Finnish | kukka | flower; cannabis; weed |
| 4 | Latin | Flōra | Flora, the goddess of flowers |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *Flōzā | an Italic flower goddess, Flora |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish aika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aika | time; time, moment; appointment |
| 2 | Finnish | -isin | The case suffix denoting temporal distributive;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | isi | school |
| 4 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 6 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |