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Where does “ampumahautakuume” come from?

ampumahautakuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampumahauta, from Finnish ampua, from Proto-Finnic ampudak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ-.

ampumahautakuume (Finnish): trench fever

Definitions

  1. trench fever

Ancestry of “ampumahautakuume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishampumahautatrench
2FinnishampuaTo shoot
3Proto-Finnicampudakto shoot
4Proto-Finno-Permicampɜ-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ- →