Where does “kummitusjuttu” come from?

kummitusjuttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juttu, from Proto-Finnic juttu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jukta- — to tell.

kummitusjuttu (Finnish): ghost story

Definitions

  1. ghost story

Ancestry of “kummitusjuttu”, step by step

kummitusjuttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell

via Finnish kummitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkummitusspook, ghost
2Finnishkummaodd, strange; "in comparative, with negation",...
3Proto-Finnickummastrange, odd
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jukta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic juttu →Every word from Finnish juttu →