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Where does “keltakuumehyttynen” come from?

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

keltakuumehyttynen (Finnish): yellow fever mosquito, "Aedes aegypti"

Definitions

  1. yellow fever mosquito, "Aedes aegypti"

Ancestry of “keltakuumehyttynen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeltakuumeyellow fever
2Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
3Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
4Proto-Finnickuumahot
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