Where does “kummitustalo” come from?

kummitustalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.

kummitustalo (Finnish): haunted house

Definitions

  1. haunted house

Ancestry of “kummitustalo”, step by step

kummitustalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—

via Finnish kummitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkummitusspook, ghost
2Finnishkummaodd, strange; "in comparative, with negation",...
3Proto-Finnickummastrange, odd
Every word from Proto-Baltic talˀa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic talo →Every word from Ludian taloi →