Where does “denguekuume” come from?

denguekuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuume, from Finnish kuuma, from Proto-Finnic kuuma — hot.

denguekuume (Finnish): dengue fever

Definitions

  1. dengue fever

Ancestry of “denguekuume”, step by step

denguekuume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot

via Finnish dengue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdengue—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuma →Every word from Finnish kuuma →Every word from Finnish kuume →