Where does “kettu” come from?

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

kettu (Finnish): red fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu

Definitions

  1. red fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu

Ancestry of “kettu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettää—
2FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
4Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

Words derived from “kettu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →