Where does “kummitus” come from?

kummitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumma, from Proto-Finnic kumma — strange, odd.

kummitus (Finnish): spook, ghost

Definitions

  1. spook, ghost

Ancestry of “kummitus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkummaodd, strange; "in comparative, with negation",...
2Proto-Finnickummastrange, odd

Words derived from “kummitus

Every word from Proto-Finnic kummaEvery word from Finnish kumma