Where does “kultahuuma” come from?

kultahuuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulta, from Proto-Finnic kulta, from Proto-Germanic gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

kultahuuma (Finnish): the excitement, fever or ecstasy of winning or having one's team win a gold medal

Definitions

  1. the excitement, fever or ecstasy of winning or having one's team win a gold medal

Ancestry of “kultahuuma”, step by step

kultahuuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kulta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkultagold; gold medal; darling, dear, baby
2Proto-Finnickultagold
3Proto-Germanicgulþągold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Finnish huuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuumaecstasy, agony; fever
2Finnishhuumatato stun, daze; to drug, dope, intoxicate, turn...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic gulþą →
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