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
- red fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
Ancestry of “kettu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kettää | — |
| 2 | Finnish | kesi | The thin outer layer of skin; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keci | outer skin |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | keδ́e | — |
Words derived from “kettu”