Where does “ketunluola” come from?

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

ketunluola (Finnish): foxhole, fox cave

Definitions

  1. foxhole, fox cave

Ancestry of “ketunluola”, step by step

ketunluola 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 luola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluolacave; cavern; grotto
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →