Where does “hopeakettu” come from?

hopeakettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

hopeakettu (Finnish): silver fox

Definitions

  1. silver fox

Ancestry of “hopeakettu”, step by step

hopeakettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettured fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
2Finnishkettää—
3FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
5Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →