Where does “kukkaketo” come from?

kukkaketo (Finnish) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

kukkaketo (Finnish): field of flowers

Definitions

  1. field of flowers

Ancestry of “kukkaketo”, step by step

kukkaketo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkaflower; cannabis; weed
2LatinFlōraFlora, the goddess of flowers
3Proto-Italic*Flōzāan Italic flower goddess, Flora
4Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish keto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketodry meadow, pasture
2FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
4Proto-Uralickeδ́e—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →