Where does “ketunmyrkky” come from?

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

ketunmyrkky (Finnish): fox poison

Definitions

  1. fox poison

Ancestry of “ketunmyrkky”, step by step

ketunmyrkky 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 myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →