Where does “hellehattu” come from?

hellehattu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hattu, from Proto-Finnic hattu, from Proto-Germanic hattuz, from Proto-Indo-European kadʰ- — to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...

hellehattu (Finnish): sunhat

Definitions

  1. sunhat

Ancestry of “hellehattu”, step by step

hellehattu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhattuhat; tampion; háček, caron
2Proto-Finnichattu—
3Proto-Germanichattuzhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankadʰ-to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...

via Finnish helle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhelleA hot place or heat; Hot weather, swelter;...
2FinnishHellevi—
3DanishHelvigborne by a 14th century queen of Denmark
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