Where does “keltakuume” come from?
keltakuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuume, from Finnish kuuma, from Proto-Finnic kuuma — hot.
keltakuume (Finnish): yellow fever
Ancestry of “keltakuume”, step by step
keltakuume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuume | fever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish... |
| 2 | Finnish | kuuma | hot; ardent, passionate, fervent |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuma | hot |
via Finnish kelta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kelta | yellow |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kelta | yellow; species of club moss used for dyeing... |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | gilˀtos | — |
Words derived from “keltakuume”