Where does “kuusiokanta” come from?

kuusiokanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusio, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuusiokanta (Finnish): hexagon head, hexagonal head, hexagonal drive

Definitions

  1. hexagon head, hexagonal head, hexagonal drive

Ancestry of “kuusiokanta”, step by step

kuusiokanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusioregular hexagon; lousewort, betony
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish kanta

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

Words derived from “kuusiokanta”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →