Where does “kuuhulluus” come from?

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

kuuhulluus (Finnish): lunacy

Definitions

  1. lunacy

Ancestry of “kuuhulluus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuuhullumoonstruck
2FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
3Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
4Proto-Finnickuucisix
5Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutteEvery word from Proto-Finnic kuuciEvery word from Finnish kuusi
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