Where does “kuume” come from?

kuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuuma, from Proto-Finnic kuuma — hot.

kuume (Finnish): fever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...

Definitions

  1. fever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...

Ancestry of “kuume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
2Proto-Finnickuumahot

Words derived from “kuume

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