Where does “kuuhullu” come from?

kuuhullu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuuhullu (Finnish): moonstruck

Definitions

  1. moonstruck

Ancestry of “kuuhullu”, step by step

kuuhullu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish hullu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhullucrazy, mad, insane; A crazy, mad or insane...
2Proto-Finnichullucrazy, mad

Words derived from “kuuhullu

Every word from Proto-Uralic kutteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kuuciEvery word from Finnish kuusi