Where does “kitukuusi” come from?

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

kitukuusi (Finnish): stunted spruce

Definitions

  1. stunted spruce

Ancestry of “kitukuusi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkitu-stunted
2Finnishkituato suffer pain
3Proto-Finnickitudakto suffer (for a long time) from pain or illness
4Proto-Uralickičɜillness
Every word from Proto-Uralic kičɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kitudak →Every word from Finnish kitua →