Where does “kitu-” come from?

kitu- (Finnish) comes from Finnish kitua, from Proto-Finnic kitudak, from Proto-Uralic kičɜ — illness.

kitu- (Finnish): stunted

Definitions

  1. stunted

Ancestry of “kitu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkituato suffer pain
2Proto-Finnickitudakto suffer (for a long time) from pain or illness
3Proto-Uralickičɜillness

Words derived from “kitu-”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kičɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kitudak →Every word from Finnish kitua →