Where does “ruuvinkanta” come from?
ruuvinkanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.
ruuvinkanta (Finnish): screw head
Ancestry of “ruuvinkanta”, step by step
ruuvinkanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanta | stem; position, opinion, point of view, account;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kanta | heel |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kanta | — |
via Finnish ruuvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruuvi | screw |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schrūve | screw machine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |