WordNet: germ, seed, source

anything that provides inspiration for later work

• hypernym inspiration

• hyponym taproot

• hyponym muse

germ

• (englanti) germinal (derivationally related)

• (englanti) germinate (derivationally related)
• (suomi) itu (synonyymi)

seed

• (suomi) siemen (synonyymi)

source

• (suomi) lähde (synonyymi)