Where does “kuumakoe” come from?

kuumakoe (Finnish) comes from Finnish koe, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

kuumakoe (Finnish): hot test, hot functional test e.g. of a nuclear power plant

Definitions

  1. hot test, hot functional test e.g. of a nuclear power plant

Ancestry of “kuumakoe”, step by step

kuumakoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoeexperiment; trial, test; examination, test, exam
2Finnishkokeato experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to...
3Proto-Finnickokedakto (go) take a look at
4Proto-Uralickoke-see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Finnish kuuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
2Proto-Finnickuumahot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic koke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kokedak →